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Lexicon :: Strong's H5488 - sûp̄

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סוּף
Transliteration
sûp̄
Pronunciation
soof
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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
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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5488 matches the Hebrew סוּף (sûp̄),
which occurs 28 times in 28 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:3 - When she could no longer hide him, she got him a basket (chest) made of papyrus reeds and covered it with tar and pitch [making it waterproof]. Then she put the child in it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:5 -

Now the [fn]daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the Nile, and [she, together with] her maidens walked along the river’s bank; she saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid [to get it], and she brought it to her.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:19 - So the LORD shifted the wind to a violent west wind which lifted up the locusts and drove them into the [fn]Red Sea; not one locust remained within the border of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:18 - But God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the [fn]Red Sea; the sons of Israel went up in battle array (orderly ranks, marching formation) out of the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:4 -

“Pharaoh’s chariots and his army He has thrown into the sea;

His chosen captains are drowned in the [fn]Red Sea.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:22 -

Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went into the Wilderness of Shur; they went [a distance of] three days (about thirty-three miles) in the wilderness and found no water.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:31 - “I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines (the Mediterranean), and from the wilderness to the River Euphrates; for I will hand over the residents of the land to you, and you shall drive them out before you.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:25 - “Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valley; tomorrow turn and set out for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:4 -

Then they set out from Mount Hor by the way of the [branch of the] Red Sea [called the Gulf of Aqabah], to go around the land of Edom; and the people became impatient, because [of the challenges] of the journey.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:10 - They moved out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea (Sea of Reeds).
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:11 - They moved out from the Red Sea and camped in the Wilderness of Sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:40 - ‘But as for you, turn around and set out for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea (Sea of Reeds).’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:1 -

“Then we turned and set out for the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea, just as the LORD had told me; and we circled Mount Seir for many days.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:4 - and what He did to the army of Egypt, to its horses and its chariots, when He made the water of the [fn]Red Sea engulf them as they pursued you, and how the LORD [fn]completely destroyed them;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:10 - “For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the [fn]Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan [on the east], to Sihon and Og, whom you [fn]utterly destroyed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:23 - “For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan for you until you crossed over, just as the LORD your God did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:6 - ‘Then I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and you came to the sea; and the Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:16 - ‘For when they came up from Egypt, Israel walked through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:26 -

King Solomon built a fleet of ships in Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea (Sea of Reeds), in the land of Edom.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:9 -

“You saw our fathers’ affliction in Egypt,

And You heard their cry by the Red Sea (Sea of Reeds).

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:7 -

Our fathers in Egypt did not understand nor appreciate Your miracles;

They did not remember the abundance of Your mercies nor imprint Your lovingkindnesses on their hearts,

But they were rebellious at the sea, at the [fn]Red Sea.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:9 -

He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;

And He led them through the depths as through a pasture.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:22 -

Wonders in the land of Ham,

Awesome things at the Red Sea.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:13 -

To Him who divided the [fn]Red Sea into parts,

For His lovingkindness endures forever;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:15 -

But tossed Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea,

For His lovingkindness endures forever;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:6 -

The canals will become foul-smelling,

The streams of Egypt will thin out and dry up,

The reeds and the rushes will rot away.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:21 - The earth has quaked at the noise of their downfall. There is an outcry! The sound of its noise has been heard at the Red Sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:5 -

“The waters surrounded me, to the point of death.

The great deep engulfed me,

Seaweed was wrapped around my head.

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