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Lexicon :: Strong's H5488 - sûp̄

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סוּף
Transliteration
sûp̄
Pronunciation
soof
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably of Egyptian origin
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1479

Strong’s Definitions

סוּף çûwph, soof; probably of Egyptian origin; a reed, especially the papyrus:—flag, Red (sea), weed. Compare H5489.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's H5488 in the following manner: Red (24x), flags (3x), weeds (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x
The KJV translates Strong's H5488 in the following manner: Red (24x), flags (3x), weeds (1x).

  1. reed, rush, water plant

    1. rushes

    2. sea of rushes

      1. of Red Sea

      2. of arms of Red Sea

      3. of Gulf of Suez

      4. of sea from straits to Gulf of Akaba

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סוּף çûwph, soof; probably of Egyptian origin; a reed, especially the papyrus:—flag, Red (sea), weed. Compare H5489.
STRONGS H5488: Abbreviations
† I. סוּף noun masculineJon 2:6 reeds, rushes (collective) (probably loan-word from Egyptian ṭwfi, reeds, SteindBAS i. 603 ErmanZMG xivi (1892), 122; Semitic according to WMMAs. u.Eur.101); —
1. rushes, in Nile Exodus 2:3, 5 (E); קָנֶה וָסוּף Isaiah 19:6 (of Egypt).
2. usually in combination יַםסֿוּף probably = sea of rushes or reeds (> sea of (city) Suph), which Greek included in wider name θάλασσα Ἐρυθρἀ, Red Sea (compare DiExodus 13:18 and especially WMMAs. u. Eur. 42 f., who explains as name originally given to upper end of Gulf of Suez, extending into Bitter Lakes, shallow and marshy, whence reeds (probably also reddish colour)); **compare also CheEB RED SEA. — name applied only to arms of Red Sea; most often
a. to Gulf of Suez Exodus 10:19; Joshua 2:10 (both J), Exodus 13:18; Exodus 15:4, 22; Exodus 23:31 (all E), Deuteronomy 11:4; Joshua 4:23 (D), Numbers 33:10, 11 (P), elsewhere late Nehemiah 9:9; Psalm 106:7; Psalm 106:9; Psalm 106:22; Psalm 136:13; Psalm 136:15.
b. sometimes to Gulf of Akaba 1 Kings 9:26, and דֶּרֶךְ יַםסֿוּף Numbers 21:4 (E), probably also Numbers 14:25 (E), Deuteronomy 1:40; Deuteronomy 2:1; perhaps Judges 11:16; Jeremiah 49:21; possibly read מִיַּםסֿוּף for מוֺל ס׳ Deuteronomy 1:1 (see below).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

2:3; 2:5; 10:19; 13:18; 13:18; 15:4; 15:22; 23:31

Numbers

14:25; 21:4; 33:10; 33:11

Deuteronomy

1:1; 1:40; 2:1; 11:4

Joshua

2:10; 4:23

Judges

11:16

1 Kings

9:26

Nehemiah

9:9

Psalms

106:7; 106:9; 106:22; 136:13; 136:15

Isaiah

19:6

Jeremiah

49:21

Jonah

2:6

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