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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Ziph

 

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: Yes
  • Included in Hitchcocks: Yes
  • Included in Naves: Yes
  • Included in Smiths: Yes
  • Included in Websters: No
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: No
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

 

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Ziph

Flowing.

1. A son of Jehaleleel (1 Chronicles 4:16).

2. A city in the south of Judah (Joshua 15:24), probably at the pass of Sufah.

3. A city in the mountains of Judah (Joshua 15:55), identified with the uninhabited ruins of Tell ez-Zif, about 5 miles south-east of Hebron. Here David hid himself during his wanderings (1 Samuel 23:19; Psalms 54, title).


Hitchcock's Names Dictionary
Ziph

this mouth or mouthful; falsehood


Naves Topical Index
Ziph

Smith's Bible Dictionary
Ziph

(battlement), the name of two towns in Judah.

  1. In the south, named between Ithnan and Telem. (Joshua 15:24) It does not appear again in the history, nor has any trace of has been met with.
  2. In the highland district, named between Carmel and Juttah. (Joshua 15:55) The place is immortalized by its connection with David. (1 Samuel 23:14,15,24; 26:2) These passages show that at that time it had near it a wilderness (i,e, a waste pasture-ground) and a wood. The latter has disappeared but the former remains. The name of Zif if, found about three miles south of Hebron, attached to a rounded hill of some 100 feet in height, which is called Tell Zif .
  3. Son of Jehaleleel. (1 Chronicles 4:16)


Easton's Bible Dictionary
Ziphah

A descendant of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:16).


Naves Topical Index
Ziphah

A son of Jehaleleel.
1 Chronicles 4:16


Smith's Bible Dictionary
Ziphah

(feminine of Ziph), another son of Jehaleleel. (1 Chronicles 4:16)


Smith's Bible Dictionary
Ziphim, the

the inhabitants of ZIPH, 2. In this form the name is found in the Authorized Version only in the title of (Psalms 54:1) In the narrative it occurs in the more usual form of ZIPHITES. (1 Samuel 23:19; 26:1)


Naves Topical Index
Ziphion

A son of Gad
Genesis 46:16

Called Zephon
Numbers 26:15


Smith's Bible Dictionary
Ziphion

son of Gad (Genesis 46:18) elsewhere called Zephon.


Smith's Bible Dictionary
Ziphran

(fragrance), appoint in the north boundary of the promised land as specified by Moses. (Numbers 34:9)


Easton's Bible Dictionary
Ziphron

Sweet odour, a city on the northern border of Palestine (Numbers 34:9), south-east of Hamath.


Hitchcock's Names Dictionary
Ziphron

falsehood of a song; rejoicing


Naves Topical Index
Ziphron

A place in the north of Palestine.
Numbers 34:9