סוּף
çûwph · soof
to snatch away, i.e. terminate
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to snatch away, i.e. terminate
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: consume, have an end, perish, [idiom] be utterly.
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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 support and uphold › to fasten and establish › to speak, the word
To support and uphold that works to fasten and establish that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סוּף 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- consume2 · 25%
- i will consume2 · 25%
- of them perish1 · 13%
- they are utterly1 · 13%
- shall be consumed1 · 13%
- shall have an end1 · 13%
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.