צוּף
tsûwph · H6688 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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A honeycomb, a hexagonal wax structure formed by bees that contains honey, pollen, and eggs, associated with sweetness and health ((honey)comb)
ExamplesPsalm 19:10 They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much pure gold; Sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.
Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
How it’s used In 3 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
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- דְּבַשׁhoney 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אֵמֶרword 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נֹפֶתvirgin honey 1
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.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- דְּבַשׁ dᵉbash · H1706 · honey
- דְּבַשׁ refers to honey as the substance itself, while צוּף denotes the honeycomb structure; they are semantically very close and often appear in construct or parallel contexts (e.g., 'honey and honeycomb'), though דְּבַשׁ focuses on the product rather than the comb.
In the other Testament 1 word
- μέλι méli · G3192 · honey
- μέλι is the standard Greek word for honey; while צוּף specifically denotes honeycomb (the wax structure containing honey), the Greek term can encompass both the honey itself and its comb context, making it the natural translation equivalent used in LXX passages.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Food001003001003
- צוּף denotes honeycomb, as of the great reward likened to honeycomb warning the servant of the LORD in Psalm 19:11, and pleasant words likened to a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, in Proverbs 16:24.
- Names of People003001007
- This domain is shared from the homographic personal name Zuph, and is not directly illustrated by this entry's own sense of honeycomb.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6688. tsuph I. צוּף noun masculine (honey-)comb (as exuding honey); — only figurative:…
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; 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.
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
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