Word Study · Strong's H2128 · Hebrew
זִיף
Ziph
zeef
Strong's 1890 spelling: Zîyph
“Ziph, the name of a place in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Ziph, the name of a place in Palestine; also of an Israelite
Rendered in the KJV as
Ziph.
- 10occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 8inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 10 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 8
- זִ֑יף2
- זִֽיף׃2
- וָזִ֥יף1
- זִ֥יף1
- זִ֖יף1
- זִ֔יף1
- זִ֣יף1
- זִ֖יפָה1
How it is rendered · 3
- Ziph8
- and Ziph1
- Ziph towards1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- proper noun (a name)6
- proper noun (a name)2
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 6
- HNpm · 2
- HC/Npl · 1
- HNpl/Sd · 1
All 10, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Joshua2 occurrences
1 Samuel5 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 23:14זִ֑יףzifproper noun (a name)And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.here: Ziph
- 1 Samuel 23:15זִ֖יףzifproper noun (a name)While David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.here: Ziph
- 1 Samuel 23:24זִ֖יפָהzifahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon in the Arabah south of Jeshimon,here: Ziph towards
- 1 Samuel 26:2זִ֔יףzifproper noun (a name)So Saul, accompanied by three thousand chosen men of Israel, went down to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there.here: Ziph
- 1 Samuel 26:2זִֽיף׃zifproper noun (a name)So Saul, accompanied by three thousand chosen men of Israel, went down to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there.here: Ziph
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 2:42זִ֑יףzifproper noun (a name)The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and Mareshah his second son, who was the father of Hebron.here: Ziph
- 1 Chronicles 4:16זִ֣יףzifproper noun (a name)The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.here: Ziph