Zophai — the meaning of the Hebrew name צוּף

צוּף

Tsûwph · pronounced tsoof · Strong's H6689 · a man and a place · also spelled Zuph

Zophai means honey-comb.

Built from

צוּף tsûwph (from, H6688) — comb of honey (from dripping) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

or צוֹפַי; or צִיף; from H6688; honey-comb; Tsuph or Tsophai or Tsiph, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine.

First appearance

1Sam 1:1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim–zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: (KJV)

Every verse that names Zophai

4 occurrences in 4 verses — 1 Samuel, 1 Chronicles

1Sam 1:11Sam 9:51Chr 6:111Chr 6:20

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