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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
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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).
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

H5488

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:3 - cumque iam celare non posset sumpsit fiscellam scirpeam et linivit eam bitumine ac pice posuitque intus infantulum et exposuit eum in carecto ripae fluminis

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:5 - ecce autem descendebat filia Pharaonis ut lavaretur in flumine et puellae eius gradiebantur per crepidinem alvei quae cum vidisset fiscellam in papyrione misit unam e famulis suis et adlatam

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:19 - qui flare fecit ventum ab occidente vehementissimum et arreptam lucustam proiecit in mare Rubrum non remansit ne una quidem in cunctis finibus Aegypti

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:18 - sed circumduxit per viam deserti quae est iuxta mare Rubrum et armati ascenderunt filii Israhel de terra Aegypti

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:4 - currus Pharaonis et exercitum eius proiecit in mare electi principes eius submersi sunt in mari Rubro

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:22 - tulit autem Moses Israhel de mari Rubro et egressi sunt in desertum Sur ambulaveruntque tribus diebus per solitudinem et non inveniebant aquam

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:31 - ponam autem terminos tuos a mari Rubro usque ad mare Palestinorum et a deserto usque ad Fluvium tradam manibus vestris habitatores terrae et eiciam eos de conspectu vestro

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:25 - quoniam Amalechites et Chananeus habitant in vallibus cras movete castra et revertimini in solitudinem per viam maris Rubri

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:4 - profecti sunt autem et de monte Or per viam quae ducit ad mare Rubrum ut circumirent terram Edom et taedere coepit populum itineris ac laboris

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:10 - sed et inde egressi fixere tentoria super mare Rubrum profectique de mari Rubro

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:11 - castrametati sunt in deserto Sin

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:40 - vos autem revertimini et abite in solitudinem per viam maris Rubri

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:1 - profectique inde venimus in solitudinem quae ducit ad mare Rubrum sicut mihi dixerat Dominus et circumivimus montem Seir longo tempore

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:4 - omnique exercitui Aegyptiorum et equis ac curribus quomodo operuerint eos aquae Rubri maris cum vos persequerentur et deleverit eos Dominus usque in praesentem diem

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:10 - audivimus quod siccaverit Dominus aquas maris Rubri ad vestrum introitum quando egressi estis ex Aegypto et quae feceritis duobus Amorreorum regibus qui erant trans Iordanem Seon et Og quos interfecistis

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:23 - siccante Domino Deo vestro aquas eius in conspectu vestro donec transiretis [Vulgate 4:24] sicut fecerat prius in mari Rubro quod siccavit donec transiremus

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:6 - eduxique vos et patres vestros de Aegypto et venistis ad mare persecutique sunt Aegyptii patres vestros cum curribus et equitatu usque ad mare Rubrum

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:16 - sed quando de Aegypto conscenderunt ambulavit per solitudinem usque ad mare Rubrum et venit in Cades

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:26 - classem quoque fecit rex Salomon in Asiongaber quae est iuxta Ahilam in litore maris Rubri in terra Idumea

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:9 - et vidisti adflictionem patrum nostrorum in Aegypto clamoremque eorum audisti super mare Rubrum

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:7 - [Vulgate 105:7] patres nostri in Aegypto non intellexerunt mirabilia tua non sunt recordati multitudinis misericordiae tuae et ad iracundiam provocaverunt super mare in mari Rubro

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:9 - [Vulgate 105:9] et comminatus est mari Rubro et aruit et transduxit eos per abyssos quasi in deserto

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:22 - [Vulgate 105:22] mirabilia in terra Ham terribilia super mare Rubrum

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 136:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:13 - [Vulgate 135:13] qui divisit mare Rubrum in divisiones quoniam in aeternum misericordia eius

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 136:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:15 - [Vulgate 135:15] et convolvit Pharao et exercitum eius in mari Rubro quoniam in aeternum misericordia eius

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:6 - et deficient flumina adtenuabuntur et siccabuntur rivi aggerum calamus et iuncus marcescet

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:21 - a voce ruinae eorum commota est terra clamor in mari Rubro auditus est vocis eius

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:5 - [Vulgate 2:6] circumdederunt me aquae usque ad animam abyssus vallavit me pelagus operuit caput meum
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