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.