זִיף
Zîyph · zeef
Ziph, the name of a place in Palestine; also of an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: from the same as H2203 (זֶפֶת); flowing;
Ziph, the name of a place in Palestine; also of an Israelite
- Ziph, the name of a place in Palestine
- also, of an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Ziph.
Letters
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to cut, to sustain › the hand that works › to speak, the word
To cut, to sustain of the hand that works that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זִיף above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of ziph5 · 50%
- ziph2 · 20%
- and ziph2 · 20%
- to ziph1 · 10%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.