2348. choph
Strong's Lexicon
choph: Shore, Coast

Original Word: חוֹף
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: choph
Pronunciation: khof
Phonetic Spelling: (khofe)
Definition: Shore, Coast
Meaning: a cove

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from chaphaph
Definition
shore, coast
NASB Translation
coast (1), haven (1), seacoast* (3), seashore* (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
חוֺף noun [masculine] shore, coast (as surrounding, enclosing) — ׳ח only construct Genesis 49:13 (twice in verse) + 5 t.: — shore of sea הַיָּם ׳ח Deuteronomy 1:7; Joshua 9:1 (both D), Judges 5:17; Jeremiah 47:7; Ezekiel 25:16; יַמִּים ׳ח Genesis 49:13 (poem); ׳ח אֳנִיּוֺת Genesis 49:13 the shore of ships, i.e. to which ships come.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
coast of the sea, haven, shore, seaside

From an unused root meaning to cover; a cove (as a sheltered bay) -- coast (of the sea), haven, shore, (sea-)side.

Forms and Transliterations
וּבְח֣וֹף ובחוף ח֚וֹף ח֥וֹף חוף לְח֣וֹף לְח֥וֹף לחוף Chof ḥō·wp̄ ḥōwp̄ lə·ḥō·wp̄ leChof ləḥōwp̄ ū·ḇə·ḥō·wp̄ ūḇəḥōwp̄ uveChof
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Englishman's Concordance
Genesis 49:13
HEB: זְבוּלֻ֕ן לְח֥וֹף יַמִּ֖ים יִשְׁכֹּ֑ן
KJV: shall dwell at the haven of the sea;
INT: Zebulun and he a haven of the sea will dwell

Genesis 49:13
HEB: יִשְׁכֹּ֑ן וְהוּא֙ לְח֣וֹף אֳנִיּ֔וֹת וְיַרְכָת֖וֹ
NAS: at the seashore; And he [shall be] a haven for ships,
KJV: of the sea; and he [shall be] for an haven of ships;
INT: will dwell he and he a haven ships and his flank

Deuteronomy 1:7
HEB: וּבַשְּׁפֵלָ֥ה וּבַנֶּ֖גֶב וּבְח֣וֹף הַיָּ֑ם אֶ֤רֶץ
KJV: and by the sea side, to the land
INT: the lowland the Negev side the sea the land

Joshua 9:1
HEB: וּבַשְּׁפֵלָ֗ה וּבְכֹל֙ ח֚וֹף הַיָּ֣ם הַגָּד֔וֹל
NAS: and on all the coast of the Great
KJV: and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great
INT: the lowland all the coast Sea of the Great

Judges 5:17
HEB: אָשֵׁ֗ר יָשַׁב֙ לְח֣וֹף יַמִּ֔ים וְעַ֥ל
KJV: on the sea shore, and abode
INT: Asher sat shore the sea and

Jeremiah 47:7
HEB: אַשְׁקְל֛וֹן וְאֶל־ ח֥וֹף הַיָּ֖ם שָׁ֥ם
KJV: and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed
INT: Ashkelon and against coast the sea in it

Ezekiel 25:16
HEB: אֶת־ שְׁאֵרִ֖ית ח֥וֹף הַיָּֽם׃
KJV: the remnant of the sea coast.
INT: and destroy the remnant coast of the sea

7 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 2348
7 Occurrences


ḥō·wp̄ — 3 Occ.
lə·ḥō·wp̄ — 3 Occ.
ū·ḇə·ḥō·wp̄ — 1 Occ.

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