H2348 - חוֹף (chôwph)

H2348 חוֹף (chôwph) khofe

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

coast

Strong's Definition

a cove (as a sheltered bay)

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to cover;

KJV Usage: coast (of the sea), haven, shore, (sea-) side.

TWOT Reference: 710a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) seashore, coast, shore

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G123 G3864 G3882 G3882

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

seashore, coast, shore

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חוֹף chôph BDB Definition: 1) seashore, coast, shore Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root meaning to cover Same Word by TWOT Number: 710a Total KJV Occurrences: 7

Bible Occurrences (6)

49:13

1:7

9:1

5:17

47:7

25:16

Genesis 49:13

Zebulun shall dwell... by the seashore... and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.

Deuteronomy 1:7

Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; [go] to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the foothills, in the Negev, and along the seacoast... to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great River Euphrates.

Joshua 9:1

Now when news of this reached all the kings west of the Jordan — those in the hill country, the foothills, and all along the coast of the Great Sea toward... Lebanon the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)—

Judges 5:17

Gilead remained beyond the Jordan. Dan, why did you linger by the ships? Asher stayed at the coast... and remained in his harbors.

Jeremiah 47:7

How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon... and the shore of its coastland....

Ezekiel 25:16

therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant along the coast.