Levite ancestor of Samuel the prophet
Zuph
Named in 3 verses across 2 books, first in 1 Samuel 1:1.
צוּףZuph
צוֹפַיZophai
Also called Zophai.
The name means “that beholds, observes, watches; roof; covering.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869
About Zuph Written by AI
Zuph/Zophai Zuph, also called Zophai in 1 Chronicles 6:26, was a Levite of the Kohathite clan. He was an ancestor of Elkanah, the father of the prophet Samuel (1 Samuel 1:1). In the genealogy of the Kohathites, he is listed as the son of Elkanah and father of Toah (1 Chronicles 6:35). Zuph lived in the hill country of Ephraim, where his descendant Samuel was born (1 Samuel 1:1).
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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897
This entry is on the name Zuph, and may cover more than one person or place by that name.
Honeycomb, a Kohathite Levite, ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel (1 Sam. 1:1); called also Zophai (1 Chr. 6:26).
M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.
Where the Bible names him
- 1 Samuel 1:1
Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
- 1 Chronicles 6:26
Elkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath his son,
- 1 Chronicles 6:35
the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.