Strong's Hebrew · H5486

סוּף

çûwph · soof

consume, have an end, perish, [idiom] be utterly.

Definition

to snatch away, i.e. terminate

Derivation

a primitive root;

Appears 7 times in Scripture

Zephaniah 1:3

“I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.

Isaiah 66:17

“Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves—to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats—will perish together,” declares the LORD.

Psalms 73:19

How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!

Jeremiah 8:13

I will take away their harvest, declares the LORD. There will be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the tree, and even the leaf will wither. Whatever I have given them will be lost to them.”

Esther 9:28

These days should be remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so that these days of Purim should not fail to be observed among the Jews, nor should the memory of them fade from their descendants.

Zephaniah 1:2

“I will completely sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.

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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).

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