זִיף

ziphZiph
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place10 occurrences4 books9 verses
This name belongs to 3 different people and places in the Bible:
  • Ziph: Son of Jehallelel, a Judahite
  • Ziph: A town in the Negev of Judah
  • Ziph: A town in Judah where David hid from Saul

Definition

from the same as H2203; flowing; Ziph, the name of a place in Palestine; also of an Israelite
Traditional renderings: Ziph.

Glossary entries

Ziph (Place) Ziphite Ziph (Person)

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

10 total
  1. Joshua 15:24זִ֥יף · Ziph
    Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,
  2. Joshua 15:55וָזִ֥יף · Ziph
    Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,
  3. 1 Samuel 23:14זִ֑יף · of Ziph
    And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.
  4. 1 Samuel 23:15זִ֖יף · of Ziph
    While David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.
  5. 1 Samuel 23:24זִ֖יפָה · to Ziph
    So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon in the Arabah south of Jeshimon,
  6. 1 Samuel 26:2 (2×)זִ֔יף · of Ziph; זִֽיף׃
    So Saul, accompanied by three thousand chosen men of Israel, went down to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there.
  7. 1 Chronicles 2:42זִ֑יף · Ziph
    The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and Mareshah his second son, who was the father of Hebron.
  8. 1 Chronicles 4:16זִ֣יף · Ziph
    The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
  9. 2 Chronicles 11:8זִֽיף׃ · Ziph
    Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,