Dictionaries :: Ziph

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Ziph:

flowing. (1.) A son of Jehaleleel (1Ch 4:16).

(2.) A city in the south of Judah (Jos 15:24), probably at the pass of Sufah.

(3.) A city in the mountains of Judah (Jos 15:55), identified with the uninhabited ruins of Tell ez-Zif, about 5 miles south-east of Hebron. Here David hid himself during his wanderings (1Sa 23:19; Ps. 54, title).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Ziph:

this mouth or mouthful; falsehood

Nave's Topical Bible

Ziph: 1. Two Cities of the Tribe of Judah

Jos 15:24, 55; 1Sa 23:14, 15, 24; 26:2; 2Ch 11:8

Ziph: 2. Grandson of Caleb

1Ch 2:42

Ziph: 3. Son of Jehaleleel

1Ch 4:16

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ziph:

(battlement) the name of two towns in Judah.

(1.) In the south, named between Ithnan and Telem (Joshua 15:24). It does not appear again in the history, nor has any trace of has been met with.

(2.) In the highland district, named between Carmel and Juttah (Joshua 15:55). The place is immortalized by its connection with David (1 Samuel 23:14-15; 23:24; 26:2). These passages show that at that time it had near it a wilderness (i.e., a waste pasture‐ground) and a wood. The latter has disappeared but the former remains. The name of Zif, found about three miles south of Hebron, attached to a rounded hill of some 100 feet in height, which is called Tell Zif.

(3.) Son of Jehaleleel (1 Chronicles 4:16).