Word

סוֹף

çôwph · H5491 · Aramaic · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

end, rear

A reference to the side of an object that is furthest away from a person or object

Examples
Daniel 4:11 ‘The tree grew large and became strong And its height reached to the sky, And it was visible to the end of the whole earth.
Daniel 4:22 it is you, O king; for you have become great and grown strong, and your majesty has become great and reached to the sky, and your dominion to the end of the earth.
end, last

The final phase of a certain process or activity

Examples
Daniel 7:28 “At this point the revelation ended. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts were greatly alarming me and my face became pale, but I kept the matter to myself.”

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

2 occurrences in 1 groups

אֲרַעearth 2

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

מִלָּהcommandment 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

כָּהhitherto 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

3 occurrences in 2 groups

שׇׁלְטָןdominion 2
חֲזוֹתsight 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

4 occurrences in 2 groups

עַדand 3
לto/for 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Near synonyms 2 words

אַחֲרִית ʼachărîyth · H319 · farthest, last, surviving: אַחֲרִית refers to the end or latter part of something, particularly temporal conclusions or outcomes, and overlaps semantically with סוֹף as both denote 'end' though אַחֲרִית often emphasizes the final outcome or eschatological end.
קֵץ qêts · H7093 · end, final: קֵץ is a common Hebrew term for 'end' denoting conclusion, termination, or extremity, and is a clear synonym of סוֹף with both terms being used interchangeably for the concept of ending or conclusion.

Contrasting words 2 words

רֵאשִׁית rêʼshîyth · H7225 · beginning, best: רֵאשִׁית denotes 'beginning' or 'first' and stands as the lexical opposite of סוֹף ('end'), representing the starting point versus the conclusion.
תְּחִלָּה tᵉchillâh · H8462 · beginning: תְּחִלָּה means 'beginning' and serves as a direct antonym to סוֹף ('end'), contrasting the commencement with the termination of something.

In the other Testament 2 words

τέλος télos · G5056 · end, outcome, result: τέλος is the standard Greek translation equivalent for Hebrew סוֹף in the sense of 'end' or 'conclusion,' frequently used in the LXX to render this semantic range.
πέρας péras · G4009 · end, limit, conclusion: πέρας denotes the end or extremity of something, particularly spatial boundaries, and can serve as a translation equivalent for סוֹף in contexts referring to endpoints or limits.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Spatial Referents003002005: Daniel 4:11 recounts of the great tree, “the tree grew large and became strong and its height reached to the sky, and it was visible to the end of the whole earth.”
Time002002002010: Daniel 6:26 recounts the decree that people fear the God of Daniel, “for He is the living God and enduring forever, and His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed, and His dominion will be forever.”

Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

סוּף çûwph · H5486 · to come to an end, to be destroyed, to cease · 7×סוּפָה çûwphâh · H5492 · storm · 16×סוֹף çôwph · H5490 · end, rear, last · 5×סוֹףçôwph · H5491סוּף çûwph · H5487 · consume, fulfill · 2×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5491. soph סוֺף noun [masculine] end; — construct ׳ס end of the earth Dan 4:8; Dan 4:19;…

H5491. soph
סוֺף noun [masculine] end; — construct ׳ס end of the earth Dan 4:8; Dan 4:19; emphatic סוֺפָא Dan 7:28 end, conclusion of the matter; ׳עַדסֿ = for ever Dan 6:27; Dan 7:26.
סיפניה סוּמֹּנְיָה, see סוּמְמֹּנְיָה. above

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0