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HebrewH2128Noun

זִיף

ziph

9Occurrences
H2128Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Ziph, the name of a place in Palestine; also of an Israelite

from the same as H2203 (זֶפֶת); flowing;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Ziph = "battlement" a city in southern Judah, between Ithnan and Telem

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

זִיף appears 9 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Samuel
4
1 Chronicles
2
Joshua
2
2 Chronicles
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 2:42BSB

The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel:Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and Mareshah his second son, who was the father of Hebron.

1 Chronicles 4:16BSB

The sons of Jehallelel:Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.

1 Samuel 23:14BSB

And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.

1 Samuel 23:15BSB

While David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.

1 Samuel 23:24BSB

So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon in the Arabah south of Jeshimon,

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