The meaning of “סוּף”
Understanding çûwph reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
consume, have an end, perish, [idiom] be utterly. - to snatch away, i.e. terminate 1) to cease, come to an end 1a) (Qal)...
סוּף
consume, have an end, perish, [idiom] be utterly. - to snatch away, i.e. terminate 1) to cease, come to an end 1a) (Qal) to come to an end 1b) (Hiphil) to make an end
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Esther 9:28 | “And 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.” Word: סוּף (çûwph) | |
| Psalms 73:19 | “How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.” Word: סוּף (çûwph) | |
| Isaiah 66:17 | “They 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.” Word: סוּף (çûwph) | |
| Jeremiah 8:13 | “I 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.” Word: סוּף (çûwph) | |
| Amos 3:15 | “And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the Lord. ” Word: סוּף (çûwph) |
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