Hebrew word · H5593

סַף

saf

Saph

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.21.18;

son of: Rapha (H7497A);

brother of: Goliath (H1555), Ishbi-benob (H3430) , Lahmi (H3902), huge_man (H4060A); also called Sippai at 1Ch.20.4;

Also named: sip.pay (סִפַּי "Sippai" H5598)

§ Saph = "tall"

one of the sons of the Philistine giant slain by Sibbechai the Hushathite

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

2 Samuel · 1

  1. 2 Samuel 21:18 סַ֕ף Saph

    Some time later at Gob, there was another battle with the Philistines. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, a descendant of Rapha.

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