H2128H

זִיף

ziphN:N--L

Ziph

Ziph = "battlement" a city of Judah, southeast of Hebron, between Carmel and Juttah in the highland district Also named: zi.phi (זִיפִי "Ziphite" H2130)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

זִיף proper name

1. proper name, of a location a. city south east from Hebron, Josh 15:55; 1Chr 2:42; 2Chr 11:8, modern Tell Zîf; RobBR i. 492, 498 GuérinJudée iii. 159 ff.: ׳מִדְבַּרזֿ 1Sam 23:14; 1Sam 23:15; 1Sam 26:2 (twice in verse); with ה locative, זִ֫יפָה 1Sam 23:24.
  b. city of southern Judah Josh 15:24, site unknown.
2. proper name, masculine a son of יְהַלֶּלְאֵל of Judah 1Chr 4:16, whether related to proper name, of a location above does not appear. ᵐ5 Ζαφα, Ζιφ(αι). (1Chr 2:42 see above)


5 occurrences

Joshua (1), I Samuel (4)