Strong's Concordance/Hebrew/H5488

Strong's H5488 · Hebrew

סוּף

çûwph · /soof/

Number
H5488
Language
Hebrew
Original word
סוּף
Transliteration
çûwph
Pronunciation
soof
KJV occurrences
28 verses

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.

Red24×
flags3×
weeds1×

Every occurrence (KJV)

28 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.

Exodus7 verses
Exodus 2:3

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 2:5

And 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 10:19

And 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 13:18

But 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 15:4

Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.

Exodus 15:22

So 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 23:31

And 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
Deuteronomy3 verses
Joshua3 verses
Judges1 verse
1 Kings1 verse
Nehemiah1 verse
Psalms5 verses
Isaiah1 verse
Jeremiah1 verse
Jonah1 verse

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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;