Saph
סַףStrong’s H5593saph
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Saph is the Hebrew word usually translated “saph”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.”
Meaning
- A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.21.18
How it's translated
- saph 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Samuel 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
סַף saph · Saph
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.21.18; son of: Rapha (H7497A); brother of: Goliath (H1555), Ishbi-benob (H3430) , Lahmi (H3902), huge_man (H4060A); also called Sippai at 1Ch.20.4; Also named: sip.pay (סִפַּי "Sippai" H5598) § Saph = "tall" one of the sons of the Philistine giant slain by Sibbechai the Hushathite
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.