- Source: Zuph
Zuph means honeycomb in Hebrew
According to the Books of Chronicles, a Kohathite Levite, a fact not mentioned in the books of Samuel. He was the ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel (1 Samuel 1:1); called also Zophai in the parallel passage, 1 Chronicles 6:26 (or 1 Chronicles 6:11 in Hebrew Bible).
Land of Zuph (1 Samuel 9:5, 6), a district in which lay Samuel's city, Ramathaim-Zophim. It was probably so named after Zuph (1 Chronicles 6:26). Zuph and the city of Ramathaim-Zophim are mentioned in the Bible together with Mount Ephraim, suggesting that they shared a similar locality.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Zuph". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.}
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- Zuf
- Zuph
- Samuel
- Elkanah
- List of biblical names starting with Z
- Suph
- 1 Samuel 1
- List of minor Hebrew Bible figures, L–Z
- 1 Samuel 9
- Saul
