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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 - and she hath not been able any more to hide him, and she taketh for him an ark of rushes, and daubeth it with bitumen and with pitch, and putteth the lad in it, and putteth it in the weeds by the edge of the River;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:5 - And a daughter of Pharaoh cometh down to bathe at the River, and her damsels are walking by the side of the River, and she seeth the ark in the midst of the weeds, and sendeth her handmaid, and she taketh it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:19 - and Jehovah turneth a very strong sea wind, and it lifteth up the locust, and bloweth it into the Red Sea -- there hath not been left one locust in all the border of Egypt;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:18 - and God turneth round the people the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea, and by fifties have the sons of Israel gone up from the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:4 - Chariots of Pharaoh and his force He hath cast into the sea; And the choice of his captains Have sunk in the Red Sea!

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:22 - And Moses causeth Israel to journey from the Red Sea, and they go out unto the wilderness of Shur, and they go three days in the wilderness, and have not found water,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:31 - 'And I have set thy border from the Red Sea, even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River: for I give into your hand the inhabitants of the land, and thou hast cast them out from before thee;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:25 - 'And the Amalekite and the Canaanite are dwelling in the valley; to-morrow turn ye and journey for yourselves into the wilderness -- the way of the Red Sea.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:4 - And they journey from mount Hor, the way of the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom, and the soul of the people is short in the way,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:10 - and they journey from Elim, and encamp by the Red Sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:11 - And they journey from the Red Sea, and encamp in the wilderness of Sin;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:40

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:40 - and ye, turn for yourselves, and journey toward the wilderness, the way of the Red Sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:1 - 'And we turn, and journey into the wilderness, the way of the Red Sea, as Jehovah hath spoken unto me, and we go round the mount of Seir many days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:4 - and that which He hath done to the force of Egypt, to its horses, and to its chariot, when He hath caused the waters of the Red Sea to flow against their faces in their pursuing after them, and Jehovah destroyeth them, unto this day;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:10 - 'For we have heard how Jehovah dried up the waters of the Red Sea at your presence, in your going out of Egypt, and that which ye have done to the two kings of the Amorite who are beyond the Jordan; to Sihon and to Og whom ye devoted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:23 - because Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan at your presence, till your passing over, as Jehovah your God did to the Red Sea which He dried up at our presence till our passing over;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:6 - And I bring out your fathers from Egypt, and ye go into the sea, and the Egyptians pursue after your fathers, with chariot and with horsemen, to the Red Sea;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:16 - for in their coming up out of Egypt, Israel goeth in the wilderness unto the Red Sea, and cometh in to Kadesh,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:26 - And a navy hath king Solomon made in Ezion-Geber, that is beside Eloth, on the edge of the Sea of Suph, in the land of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:9 - and dost see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and their cry hast heard by the sea of Suph,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:7 - Our fathers in Egypt, Have not considered wisely Thy wonders, They have not remembered The abundance of Thy kind acts, And provoke by the sea, at the sea of Suph.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:9 - And rebuketh the sea of Suph, and it is dried up, And causeth them to go Through depths as a wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:22 - Of wonderful things in the land of Ham, Of fearful things by the sea of Suph.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 136:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:13 - To Him cutting the sea of Suph into parts, For to the age is His kindness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 136:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:15 - And shook out Pharaoh and his force in the sea of Suph, For to the age is His kindness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:6 - And they have turned away the flowings, Weak and dried up have been brooks of the bulwark, Reed and flag have withered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:21 - From the noise of their fall hath the earth shaken, The cry -- at the sea of Suph is its voice heard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:5 - Compassed me have waters unto the soul, The deep doth compass me, The weed is bound to my head.
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