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
4 tagged verse occurrences
1 Samuel 1:1 · צ֖וּףAnd there is a certain man of Ramathaim-Zophim, of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name is Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, and Ephrathite,1 Samuel 9:5 · צ֔וּףThey have come in unto the land of Zuph, and Saul hath said to his young man who is with him, ‘Come, and we turn back, lest my father leave off from the asses, and hath been sorrowful for us.’1 Chronicles 6:26 · צוֹפַ֥יElkanah; sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,1 Chronicles 6:35 · צוּף֙son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai,