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HebrewH5488Noun

סוּף

suph

27Occurrences
H5488Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a reed, especially the papyrus

probably of Egyptian origin;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. of Red ) of Gulf of ) of sea from straits to Gulf of Akaba Also named: eruthros (*ἐρυθρός *"Red( Sea)" G2063) as "Reed Sea"

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

סוּף appears 27 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Exodus
7
Psalms
5
Numbers
4
Deuteronomy
3
Joshua
3
1 Kings
1
Isaiah
1
Judges
1

Key Passages

1 Kings 9:26BSB

King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.

Exodus 13:18BSB

So God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the Israelites left the land of Egypt arrayed for battle.

Exodus 23:31BSB

And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.

Joshua 24:6BSB

When I brought your fathers out of Egypt and you reached the Red Sea, the Egyptians pursued them with chariots and horsemen as far as the Red Sea.

Numbers 33:10BSB

They set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.