Ziph זִיף

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Ziph
זִיף
Transliteration	ziph
Strong's number	H2128 (H2128H, H2128I, H2128G, H2128J)
Language	Hebrew
Part of speech	place name
Gloss	Ziph
Occurrences	10 in 9 verses
Most frequent in	1 Samuel (4)

Ziph (Hebrew זִיף, Strong's H2128) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Ziph”. It occurs 10 times.

Definition

H2128H: 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)

H2128I: Ziph

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.2.42;
son of: Mareshah@1Ch.2.42 (H4337)
§ Ziph = "battlement"
1) a son of Jehaleleel, a descendant of Judah, and brother of Ziphah
2) a city in southern Judah, between Ithnan and Telem
3) a city of Judah, southeast of Hebron, between Carmel and Juttah in the highland district

H2128G: Ziph

§ Ziph = "battlement"
a city in southern Judah, between Ithnan and Telem

H2128J: Ziph

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.16;
son of: Jehallelel (H3094);
brother of: Ziphah (H2129), Tiria (H8493) and Asarel (H0840)
§ Ziph = "battlement"
1) a son of Jehaleleel, a descendant of Judah, and brother of Ziphah
2) a city in southern Judah, between Ithnan and Telem
3) a city of Judah, southeast of Hebron, between Carmel and Juttah in the highland district

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJV	ziph (10)
BSB	ziph (9)

Verses

Every verse with Ziph, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Joshua

Joshua 15:24
Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,
Joshua 15:55
Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,

1 Samuel

1 Samuel 23:14
And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.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.
1 Samuel 23:15
And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.While David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.
1 Samuel 23:24
And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.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,
1 Samuel 26:2
Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.So Saul, accompanied by three thousand chosen men of Israel, went down to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there.

1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 2:42
Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.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.
1 Chronicles 4:16
And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.

2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 11:8
And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,

Notes

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).