Strong’s H5488 · Hebrew
סוּף
çûwph
soof
Definition
a reed, especially the papyrus
Etymology
probably of Egyptian origin;
How the KJV renders it
- flag
- Red (sea)
- weed. Compare H5489 (סוּף)
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.