סוּף suph
Hebrew word for “Red (Sea)” · Strong’s H5488 · used 28 times in 28 verses
Meaning
1) of Red Sea; 2) of Gulf of Suez; 3) of sea from straits to Gulf of Akaba; Also named: eruthros (ἐρυθρός "Red( Sea)" G2063) as "Reed Sea"
Senses in the lexicon
- Red (Sea) (24)
- reed (4)
How it is translated
Glosses given for suph in context, with how often each is used:
- reeds 24
- rushes 3
- among the rushes 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exodus | 7 | 0.4 | |
| Psalms | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Numbers | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Deuteronomy | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Joshua | 3 | 0.3 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Nehemiah | 1 | 0.2 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Jonah | 1 | 1.5 |
Chapters where it is used most
Psalms 106 (3), Exodus 2 (2), Exodus 15 (2), Numbers 33 (2), Psalms 136 (2), Exodus 10 (1), Exodus 13 (1), Exodus 23 (1), Numbers 14 (1), Numbers 21 (1)
Forms
- סוף 25
- בסוף 1
- הסוף 1
- וסוף 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with suph more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- יָם yam “sea” 24
- מִדְבָּר midbar “wilderness” 9
- נָסַע nasa “to set out” 7
- מִצְרַיִם mitsrayim “Egypt” 8
- סָבַב savav “to turn” 4
- מַי mayim “water” 5
- יְאֹר yeor “Nile” 3
- דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 5
- פָּנָה panah “to turn” 3
- עַד ad “till” 5
- חַיִל chayil “strength” 3
- פַּרְעֹה paroh “Pharaoh” 3
Key verses
The verses using suph that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 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…
- Numbers 14:25 — (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
- Numbers 21:4 — And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
- Joshua 2:10 — For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that…
- 1 Kings 9:26 — And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
- Nehemiah 9:9 — And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;
- Psalms 106:7 — Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.
- Psalms 106:9 — He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
- Psalms 106:22 — Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.
- Psalms 136:13 — To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever:
- Psalms 136:15 — But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.
See all 28 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.