צוּף
tsuph
Zuph
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredBased on the lexicon data provided, the word "צוּף" (tsuph) is a proper name of a person, specifically found three times in the Bible. Without additional context, its meaning remains as a unique name associated with an individual. In terms of usage, the name "Zuph" appears a total of three times, indicating its significance or importance within a specific literary context. This limited usage could suggest that the person named Zuph played a key role in the narrative or that their story is a recurring theme in these passages. While the significance of Zuph in the biblical narrative cannot be fully understood without considering the surrounding text, the name itself serves as a personal reference in three distinct instances, indicating its unique place within the biblical story.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
3 total occurrences across the text
Now 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 Chronicles 6:26As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, Nahath his son,
1 Chronicles 6:35the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,