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Lexicon :: Strong's H5488 - sûp̄

Aa
סוּף
Transliteration
sûp̄
Pronunciation
soof
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably of Egyptian origin
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1479

Strong’s Definitions

סוּף çûwph, soof; probably of Egyptian origin; a reed, especially the papyrus:—flag, Red (sea), weed. Compare H5489.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's H5488 in the following manner: Red (24x), flags (3x), weeds (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x
The KJV translates Strong's H5488 in the following manner: Red (24x), flags (3x), weeds (1x).

  1. reed, rush, water plant

    1. rushes

    2. sea of rushes

      1. of Red Sea

      2. of arms of Red Sea

      3. of Gulf of Suez

      4. of sea from straits to Gulf of Akaba

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סוּף çûwph, soof; probably of Egyptian origin; a reed, especially the papyrus:—flag, Red (sea), weed. Compare H5489.
STRONGS H5488: Abbreviations
† I. סוּף noun masculineJon 2:6 reeds, rushes (collective) (probably loan-word from Egyptian ṭwfi, reeds, SteindBAS i. 603 ErmanZMG xivi (1892), 122; Semitic according to WMMAs. u.Eur.101); —
1. rushes, in Nile Exodus 2:3, 5 (E); קָנֶה וָסוּף Isaiah 19:6 (of Egypt).
2. usually in combination יַםסֿוּף probably = sea of rushes or reeds (> sea of (city) Suph), which Greek included in wider name θάλασσα Ἐρυθρἀ, Red Sea (compare DiExodus 13:18 and especially WMMAs. u. Eur. 42 f., who explains as name originally given to upper end of Gulf of Suez, extending into Bitter Lakes, shallow and marshy, whence reeds (probably also reddish colour)); **compare also CheEB RED SEA. — name applied only to arms of Red Sea; most often
a. to Gulf of Suez Exodus 10:19; Joshua 2:10 (both J), Exodus 13:18; Exodus 15:4, 22; Exodus 23:31 (all E), Deuteronomy 11:4; Joshua 4:23 (D), Numbers 33:10, 11 (P), elsewhere late Nehemiah 9:9; Psalm 106:7; Psalm 106:9; Psalm 106:22; Psalm 136:13; Psalm 136:15.
b. sometimes to Gulf of Akaba 1 Kings 9:26, and דֶּרֶךְ יַםסֿוּף Numbers 21:4 (E), probably also Numbers 14:25 (E), Deuteronomy 1:40; Deuteronomy 2:1; perhaps Judges 11:16; Jeremiah 49:21; possibly read מִיַּםסֿוּף for מוֺל ס׳ Deuteronomy 1:1 (see below).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

2:3; 2:5; 10:19; 13:18; 13:18; 15:4; 15:22; 23:31

Numbers

14:25; 21:4; 33:10; 33:11

Deuteronomy

1:1; 1:40; 2:1; 11:4

Joshua

2:10; 4:23

Judges

11:16

1 Kings

9:26

Nehemiah

9:9

Psalms

106:7; 106:9; 106:22; 136:13; 136:15

Isaiah

19:6

Jeremiah

49:21

Jonah

2:6

H5488

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5488 matches the Hebrew סוּף (sûp̄),
which occurs 28 times in 28 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:3 - But when she could H3201 hide H6845 him no H3808 longer, H5750 she got H3947 him a [fn]wicker H1573 [fn]basket H8392 and covered H2560 it over with tar H2564 and pitch. H2203 Then she put H7760 the child H3206 into it and set H7760 it among the reeds H5488 by the bank H8193 of the Nile. H2975

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:5 - The daughter H1323 of Pharaoh H6547 came H3381 down H3381 to bathe H7364 at the Nile, H2975 with her maidens H5291 walking H1980 alongside H5921 H3027 the Nile; H2975 and she saw H7200 the [fn]basket H8392 among H8432 the reeds H5488 and sent H7971 her maid, H519 and she brought H3947 it to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:19 - So the LORD H3068 shifted H2015 the wind to a very H3966 strong H2389 west H3220 wind H7307 which took H5375 up the locusts H697 and drove H8628 them into the [fn]Red H5488 H3220 Sea; H3220 not one H259 locust H697 was left H7604 in all H3605 the territory H1366 of Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:18 - Hence God H430 led H5437 the people H5971 around H5437 by the way H1870 of the wilderness H4057 to the [fn]Red H5488 H3220 Sea; H3220 and the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 went H5927 up in martial H2571 array H2571 from the land H776 of Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:4 - “Pharaoh’s H6547 chariots H4818 and his army H2428 He has cast H3384 into the sea; H3220
And the choicest H4005 of his officers H7991 are [fn]drowned H2883 in the [fn]Red H5488 H3220 Sea. H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:22 - Then Moses H4872 [fn]led H5265 Israel H3478 from the [fn]Red H5488 H3220 Sea, H3220 and they went H3318 out into the wilderness H4057 of Shur; H7793 and they went H1980 three H7969 days H3117 in the wilderness H4057 and found H4672 no H3808 water. H4325

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:31 - “I will fix H7896 your boundary H1366 from the [fn]Red H5488 H3220 Sea H3220 to the sea H3220 of the Philistines, H6430 and from the wilderness H4057 to the River H5104 Euphrates; for I will deliver H5414 the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776 into your hand, H3027 and you will drive H1644 them out before H4480 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:25 - “Now the Amalekites H6003 and the Canaanites H3669 live H3427 in the valleys; H6010 turn H6437 tomorrow H4279 and set H5265 out to the wilderness H4057 by the way H1870 of the [fn]Red H5488 H3220 Sea.” H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:4 - Then they set H5265 out from Mount H2022 Hor H2023 by the way H1870 of the [fn]Red H5488 H3220 Sea, H3220 to go H5437 around H5437 the land H776 of Edom; H123 and the [fn]people H5315 H5971 became H7114 impatient H7114 because of the journey. H1870

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:10 - They journeyed H5265 from Elim H362 and camped H2583 by the [fn]Red H5488 H3220 Sea. H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:11 - They journeyed H5265 from the [fn]Red H5488 H3220 Sea H3220 and camped H2583 in the wilderness H4057 of Sin. H5512

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:40 - ‘But as for you, turn H6437 around and set H5265 out for the wilderness H4057 by the way H1870 to the [fn]Red H5488 H3220 Sea.’ H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:1 - “Then we turned H6437 and set H5265 out for the wilderness H4057 by the way H1870 to the [fn]Red H5488 H3220 Sea, H3220 as the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 to me, and circled H5437 Mount H2022 Seir H8165 for many H7227 days. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:4 - and what H834 He did H6213 to Egypt’s H4714 army, H2428 to its horses H5483 and its chariots, H7393 when H834 He made the water H4325 of the [fn]Red H5488 H3220 Sea H3220 to [fn]engulf H6687 them while they were pursuing H7291 you, and the LORD H3068 [fn]completely H5704 H3117 H2088 destroyed H6 them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:10 - “For we have heard H8085 how H834 the LORD H3068 dried H3001 up the water H4325 of the [fn]Red H5488 H3220 Sea H3220 before H4480 H6440 you when you came H3318 out of Egypt, H4714 and what H834 you did H6213 to the two H8147 kings H4428 of the Amorites H567 who H834 were beyond H5676 the Jordan, H3383 to Sihon H5511 and Og, H5747 whom H834 you [fn]utterly H2763 destroyed. H2763

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:23 - “For the LORD H3068 your God H430 dried H3001 up the waters H4325 of the Jordan H3383 before H4480 H6440 you until H5704 you had crossed, H5674 just H834 as the LORD H3068 your God H430 had done H6213 to the [fn]Red H5488 H3220 Sea, H3220 which H834 He dried H3001 up before H4480 H6440 us until H5704 we had crossed; H5674

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:6 - ‘I brought H3318 your fathers H1 out of Egypt, H4714 and you came H935 to the sea; H3220 and Egypt H4714 pursued H7291 your fathers H1 with chariots H7393 and horsemen H6571 to the [fn]Red H5488 H3220 Sea. H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:16 - ‘For when they came H5927 up from Egypt, H4714 and Israel H3478 went H1980 through the wilderness H4057 to the [fn]Red H5488 H3220 Sea H3220 and came H935 to Kadesh, H6946

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:26 - King H4428 Solomon H8010 also built H6213 a fleet H590 of ships H590 in Ezion-geber, H6100 which H834 is near H854 Eloth H359 on the shore H8193 of the [fn]Red H5488 H3220 Sea, H3220 in the land H776 of Edom. H123

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:9 - “You saw H7200 the affliction H6040 of our fathers H1 in Egypt, H4714
And heard H8085 their cry H2201 by the [fn]Red H5488 H3220 Sea. H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:7 - Our fathers H1 in Egypt H4714 did not understand H7919 Your [fn]wonders; H6381
They did not remember H2142 [fn]Your abundant H7230 kindnesses, H2617
But rebelled H4784 by the sea, H3220 at the [fn]Red H5488 H3220 Sea. H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:9 - Thus He rebuked H1605 the [fn]Red H5488 H3220 Sea H3220 and it dried H2717 up,
And He led H1980 them through the deeps, H8415 as through the wilderness. H4057

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:22 - [fn]Wonders H6381 in the land H776 of Ham H2526
And awesome H3372 things by the [fn]Red H5488 H3220 Sea. H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:13 - To Him who divided H1504 the [fn]Red H5488 H3220 Sea H3220 [fn]asunder, H1506
For His lovingkindness H2617 is everlasting, H5769

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:15 - But He [fn]overthrew H5287 Pharaoh H6547 and his army H2428 in the [fn]Red H5488 H3220 Sea, H3220
For His lovingkindness H2617 is everlasting. H5769

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:6 - The [fn]canals H5104 will emit H2186 a stench, H2186
The [fn]streams H2975 of Egypt H4693 will thin H1809 out and dry H2717 up;
The reeds H7070 and rushes H5488 will rot H7060 away. H7060

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:21 - The earth H776 has quaked H7493 at the noise H6963 of their downfall. H5307 There is an outcry! H6818 The noise H6963 of it has been heard H8085 at the [fn]Red H5488 H3220 Sea. H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:5 - “Water H4325 encompassed H661 me to the [fn]point of death. H5315
The great deep H8415 [fn]engulfed H5437 me,
Weeds H5488 were wrapped H2280 around my head. H7218
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