Word Study · Strong's H6688 · Hebrew

צוּף

tsuph

tsoof

Strong's 1890 spelling: tsûwph

“comb of honey (from dripping)”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

comb of honey (from dripping)

Rendered in the KJV as

honeycomb.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

צוּף־1
צוּפִֽים׃1

How it is rendered · 2

[are] a honeycomb of1
honeycombs1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

noun · masculine plural1
noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HNcmpa · 1
HNcmsc · 1

All 2, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Psalms1 of 2 · 50%
Proverbs1 of 2 · 50%

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Psalms1 occurrence

Psalms 19:10צוּפִֽים׃tzufimnoun · masculine pluralThey are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.here: honeycombs

Proverbs1 occurrence

Proverbs 16:24צוּף־tzuf-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.here: [are] a honeycomb of

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled צוּף

H6687 · 3×

צוּף

tsuph

“to overflow”

H6689 · 4×

צוּף

Tsuph

“Tsuph or Tsophai or Tsiph, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine”

Read Psalms 19:10 in context →