Strong's H5488 · Hebrew
סוּף
çûwph · /soof/
Definition
a reed, especially the papyrus
KJV: flag, Red (sea), weed. Compare H5489 (סוּף).
Root / derivation: probably of Egyptian origin;
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered סוּף across 28 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
28 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Exodus7 verses
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
Exodus 2:5And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
Exodus 10:19And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt. cast: Heb. fastened
Exodus 13:18But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt. harnessed: or, by five in a rank
Exodus 15:4Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
Exodus 15:22So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
Exodus 23:31And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
Numbers4 verses
(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
Numbers 21:4And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. discouraged: or, grieved: Heb. shortened
Numbers 33:10And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.
Numbers 33:11And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.
Deuteronomy3 verses
But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
Deuteronomy 2:1Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.
Deuteronomy 11:4And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto this day;
Joshua3 verses
For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
Joshua 4:23For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:
Joshua 24:6And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.
Nehemiah1 verse
Psalms5 verses
Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.
Psalms 106:9He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
Psalms 106:22Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.
Psalms 136:13To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Psalms 136:15But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever. overthrew: Heb. shaked off
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H5488 (çûwph) mean?
a reed, especially the papyrus
How many times does H5488 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H5488 (סוּף) appears in 28 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “Red.”
How is çûwph translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H5488 is rendered as “Red” (24×), “flags” (3×), “weeds” (1×).
Where does the Hebrew word סוּף come from?
probably of Egyptian origin;