A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.1.1; son of: Elkanah (H0511J); father of: Tohu (H8459); also called Zophai at 1Ch.6.26; § Zuph or Zophai = "honeycomb" 1) a Kohathite Levite, ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel 2) a district northwest of Jerusalem where Saul encountered Samuel
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H6689 — צוּף
tsuph · Zuph · Hebrew/Aramaic
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1 Samuel 1:1 · צ֖וּףNow there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite:1 Samuel 9:5 · צ֔וּףWhen they had come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, “Come, and let us return, lest my father stop caring about the donkeys, and be anxious for us.”1 Chronicles 6:26 · צוֹפַ֥יAs for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,1 Chronicles 6:35 · צוּף֙the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,