The meaning of “סוֹף”
Understanding çôwph reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
conclusion, end, hinder participle - a termination 1) end, conclusion
סוֹף
conclusion, end, hinder participle - a termination 1) end, conclusion
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Chronicles 20:16 | “To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.” Word: סוֹף (çôwph) | |
| Ecclesiastes 3:11 | “He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.” Word: סוֹף (çôwph) | |
| Ecclesiastes 7:2 | “It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.” Word: סוֹף (çôwph) | |
| Ecclesiastes 12:13 | “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.” Word: סוֹף (çôwph) | |
| Joel 2:20 | “But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.” Word: סוֹף (çôwph) |
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