Strong's Hebrew · H2348
חוֹף
chôwph · khofe
coast (of the sea), haven, shore, (sea-) side.
Definition
a cove (as a sheltered bay)
Derivation
from an unused root meaning to cover;
Appears 7 times in Scripture
“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)—”
“Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.”
“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.”
“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.”
“How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.””
“Gilead remained beyond the Jordan. Dan, why did you linger by the ships? Asher stayed at the coast and remained in his harbors.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).