Bible Person
Meaning: that beholds · Male · 3 cross references
Zuph is a Kohathite ancestor in the line leading to Elkanah and Samuel, and his name is tied to the region from which Samuel's family comes. He belongs to the genealogical background of one of Israel's most important prophetic households. First appears in 1 Sam 1:1.1
Name meaning
that beholds
Identity
male
First appears
1 Sam 1:1
AI summary: Zuph matters because the cross references place him within the Levitical ancestry behind Samuel, the prophet who anoints kings and shapes Israel's transition from judges to monarchy. His name also lingers in the territorial memory of the region associated with that family line. Taken together, the material presents Zuph as an ancestral figure whose remembered line helps anchor Samuel's household within Israel's sacred history.1
Central Figure
Zuph
Meaning: that beholds
Honeycomb, a Kohathite Levite, ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel (1 Sam.
Children
Name meaning
that beholds
Identity
male
Honeycomb, a Kohathite Levite, ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel (1 Sam. 1:1); called also Zophai (1 Chr. 6:26). 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.