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סוּף H5486

H5486 is the Hebrew word סוּף, transliterated çûwph and said soof. The King James Version most often renders it consume.

Word: סוּףTransliteration: çûwphSaid: soofLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 7 verses

What it means

to snatch away, i.e. terminate.

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 8 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

consume 4×perish 1×utterly 1×consumed 1×end 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: consume, have an end, perish, [idiom] be utterly.

Verses using סוּף

All 7 verses, quoted in full.

Esther 9:28 · KJV

And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.

Psalm 73:19 · KJV

How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

Isaiah 66:17 · KJV

They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 8:13 · KJV

I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.

Amos 3:15 · KJV

And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the LORD.

Zephaniah 1:2 · KJV

I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.

Zephaniah 1:3 · KJV

I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling blocks with the wicked: and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.

Common questions

What does Strong's H5486 mean?

H5486 is the Hebrew word סוּף (çûwph), meaning to snatch away, i.e. terminate.

How is H5486 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it consume (4 times), perish (1 time), utterly (1 time), consumed (1 time), end (1 time).

How many times does H5486 appear in the Bible?

סוּף (çûwph) is tagged in 7 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H5486 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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