Suph סוּף
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| סוּף | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | suph |
| Strong's number | H5486 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to cease |
| Occurrences | 7 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Zephaniah (2) |
Suph (Hebrew סוּף, Strong's H5486) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to cease”. It occurs 7 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to cease, come to an end
1a) (Qal) to come to an end
1b) (Hiphil) to make an end
Aramaic equivalent: suph (סוּף "be fulfilled" H5487)
1a) (Qal) to come to an end
1b) (Hiphil) to make an end
Aramaic equivalent: suph (סוּף "be fulfilled" H5487)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | consume (4), perish (1), utterly (1), consumed (1), end (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | i will sweep away (2), fade (1), swept away (1), will perish (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Suph, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Esther
- Esther 9:28And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.These days should be remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so that these days of Purim should not fail to be observed among the Jews, nor should the memory of them fade from their descendants.
Psalms
- Psalm 73:19How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
Isaiah
- Isaiah 66:17They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the Lord.“Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves—to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats—will perish together,” declares the LORD.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 8:13I will surely consume them, saith the Lord: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.I will take away their harvest, declares the LORD. There will be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the tree, and even the leaf will wither. Whatever I have given them will be lost to them.”
Zephaniah
- Zephaniah 1:2I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the Lord.“I will completely sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
- Zephaniah 1:3I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the Lord.“I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
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).