חוֹף
choph
“coast”
Definition
a cove (as a sheltered bay)
from an unused root meaning to cover;
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
חוֹף appears 6 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the foothills, in the Negev, and along the seacoast to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great River Euphrates.
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Zebulun shall dwell by the seashoreand become a harbor for ships;his border shall extend to Sidon.
Gilead remained beyond the Jordan.Dan, why did you linger by the ships?Asher stayed at the coastand remained in his harbors.
How can it restwhen the LORD has commanded it?He has appointed it against Ashkelonand the shore of its coastland.”
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.