Word Study · Strong's H6687 · Hebrew

צוּף

tsuph

tsoof

Strong's 1890 spelling: tsûwph

“to overflow”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to overflow

Rendered in the KJV as

(make to over-) flow, swim.

3
occurrencesin the Old Testament
3 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
3
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 3 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 3

הֵצִ֜יף1
וַיָּ֖צֶף1
צָֽפוּ־1

How it is rendered · 3

and he caused to float1
he caused to flow1
they overflowed1

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

How it parses · 3

Hc/Vhw3ms1
verb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular1
verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural1

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Hc/Vhw3ms · 1
HVhp3ms · 1
HVqp3cp · 1

All 3, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Deuteronomy1 of 3 · 33%
2 Kings1 of 3 · 33%
Lamentations1 of 3 · 33%

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Deuteronomy1 occurrence

Deuteronomy 11:4הֵצִ֜יףhetzifverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularwhat He did to the Egyptian army and horses and chariots when He made the waters of the Red Sea engulf them as they pursued you, and how He destroyed them completely, even to this day;here: he caused to flow

2 Kings1 occurrence

2 Kings 6:6וַיָּ֖צֶףvaiyatzefHc/Vhw3ms“Where did it fall?” asked the man of God. And when he showed him the place, the man of God cut a stick, threw it there, and made the iron float.here: and he caused to float

Lamentations1 occurrence

Lamentations 3:54צָֽפוּ־tzafu-verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralThe waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.here: they overflowed

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled צוּף

H6688 · 2×

צוּף

tsuph

“comb of honey (from dripping)”

H6689 · 4×

צוּף

Tsuph

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

Read Deuteronomy 11:4 in context →