Zuph

Son of Elkanah

A written article for Zuph is still to come. Below and alongside: where Zuph appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 1300 BC
    1000 BC
  • Life of Zuph
    1200 BC to 1100 BC

Original word

  • צוּף zuph, zophai
    H6689

Where Zuph appears in Scripture

1 Samuel 1

וַיְהִי אִישׁ אֶחָד מִן-הָרָֽמָתַיִם צוֹפִים מֵהַר אֶפְרָיִם וּשְׁמוֹ אֶלְקָנָה בֶּן-יְרֹחָם בֶּן-אֱלִיהוּא בֶּן-תֹּחוּ בֶן-צוּף אֶפְרָתִֽי׃
1
Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

1 Samuel 9

הֵמָּה בָּאוּ בְּאֶרֶץ צוּף וְשָׁאוּל אָמַר לְנַֽעֲרוֹ אֲשֶׁר-עִמּוֹ לְכָה וְנָשׁוּבָה פֶּן-יֶחְדַּל אָבִי מִן-הָֽאֲתֹנוֹת וְדָאַג לָֽנוּ׃
5
And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us.

1 Chronicles 6

אֶלְקָנָה ‫(בנו)‬ בְּנֵי אֶלְקָנָה צוֹפַי בְּנוֹ וְנַחַת בְּנֽוֹ׃
26
As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,
בֶּן-‫(ציף)‬ צוּף בֶּן-אֶלְקָנָה בֶּן-מַחַת בֶּן-עֲמָשָֽׂי׃
35
The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,