Zuph

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father of Tohu and ancestor of Samuel (1SA 1:1)

Lineage: God › Adam › Seth › Enos › Cainan › Mahalaleel › Jared › Enoch › Methuselah › Lamech › Noah › Shem › Arphaxad › Cainan › Salah › Eber › Peleg › Reu › Serug › Nahor › Terah › Abraham › Isaac › Jacob › Levi › Kohath › Izhar › Korah › Ebiasaph › Assir › Tahath › Uriel › Azariah › Shaul › Elkanah › Amasai › Mahath › Elkanah › Zuph

Names

en Zuph
that beholds, observes, watches; roof; covering
en Zophai · Also called
en Zuph · Also called · H6689 · 1SA 1:1
that beholds, observes, watches; roof; covering
he צוּף tsuf · H6689 · 1SA 1:1
he צוֹפַי tsofay · H6689 · 1CH 6:26
[dripping, full] honeycomb
he צוּף · H6689G
el [none] · 1SA 1:1
el Σουφι Souphi · none · 1CH 6:26
bg Суф

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1 Sam 1:1 1 Chr 6:26 1 Chr 6:35

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Conditional birth estimate · c. 1378 BC – 1253 BC

Conditional birth bounds under generation assumptions; not attested parental ages, biological limits or a lifespan.

Below are relatives with a selected birth year, the generations separating them, and the interval allowed by each anchor. Each relative’s page shows available dates and sources. The overall estimate uses the intersection of the allowed intervals.

Relative / anchor year	Generations	Conditional interval
Kohath · 1705 BC Ancestor	13 20–45 years per generation	c. 1445 BC – 1120 BC
Levi · 1748 BC Ancestor	14 20–45 years per generation	c. 1468 BC – 1118 BC
Jacob · 1835 BC Ancestor	15 20–45 years per generation	c. 1535 BC – 1160 BC
Isaac · 1895 BC Ancestor	16 20–45 years per generation	c. 1575 BC – 1175 BC
Rebekah · 1876 BC Ancestor	16 20–45 years per generation	c. 1556 BC – 1156 BC
Abraham · 1995 BC Ancestor	17 20–45 years per generation	c. 1655 BC – 1230 BC
Sarah · 1985 BC Ancestor	17 20–45 years per generation	c. 1645 BC – 1220 BC
Terah · 2125 BC Ancestor	18 25–130 years per generation	c. 1675 BC – AD 216
Nahor · 2156 BC Ancestor	19 25–130 years per generation	c. 1681 BC – AD 315
Haran · 2056 BC Ancestor	19 25–130 years per generation	c. 1581 BC – AD 415
Serug · 2186 BC Ancestor	20 25–130 years per generation	c. 1686 BC – AD 415
Reu · 2218 BC Ancestor	21 25–130 years per generation	c. 1693 BC – AD 513
Peleg · 2248 BC Ancestor	22 25–130 years per generation	c. 1698 BC – AD 613
Eber · 2282 BC Ancestor	23 25–130 years per generation	c. 1707 BC – AD 709
Salah · 2312 BC Ancestor	24 25–130 years per generation	c. 1712 BC – AD 809
Arphaxad · 2347 BC Ancestor	26 25–130 years per generation	c. 1697 BC – AD 1034
Shem · 2447 BC Ancestor	27 25–130 years per generation	c. 1772 BC – AD 1064
Noah · 2948 BC Ancestor	28 25–130 years per generation	c. 2248 BC – AD 693
Lamech · 3130 BC Ancestor	29 25–130 years per generation	c. 2405 BC – AD 641
Methuselah · 3317 BC Ancestor	30 25–130 years per generation	c. 2567 BC – AD 584
Enoch · 3382 BC Ancestor	31 25–130 years per generation	c. 2607 BC – AD 649
Jared · 3544 BC Ancestor	32 25–130 years per generation	c. 2744 BC – AD 617
Mahalaleel · 3609 BC Ancestor	33 25–130 years per generation	c. 2784 BC – AD 682
Cainan · 3679 BC Ancestor	34 25–130 years per generation	c. 2829 BC – AD 742
Cain · 4004 BC Ancestor	34 25–130 years per generation	c. 3154 BC – AD 417
Enos · 3769 BC Ancestor	35 25–130 years per generation	c. 2894 BC – AD 782
Adam · 4004 BC Ancestor	35 25–130 years per generation	c. 3129 BC – AD 547
Eve · 4005 BC Ancestor	35 25–130 years per generation	c. 3130 BC – AD 546
Seth · 3874 BC Ancestor	36 25–130 years per generation	c. 2974 BC – AD 807
Samuel · 1153 BC Descendant	5 20–45 years per generation	c. 1378 BC – 1253 BC

Family of origin

Father: Elkanah
Mother: Unknown

One-parent family

Son: Nahath

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Tribe of Levi

Zuph Summary STEPBible TIPNR

Zuph, also called Zophai, was an Ephraimite Levite, an ancestor of Samuel the prophet.

Zuph Article STEPBible TIPNR

Zuph/Zophai Zuph, also called Zophai in 1Ch 6:26, was a Levite of the Kohathite clan. He was an ancestor of Elkanah, the father of the prophet Samuel (1Sa 1:1). In the genealogy of the Kohathites, he is listed as the son of Elkanah and father of Toah (1Ch 6:35). Zuph lived in the hill country of Ephraim, where his descendant Samuel was born (1Sa 1:1).

Zuph Dictionary Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Honeycomb, a Kohathite Levite, ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel (1 Sam. 1:1); called also Zophai (1 Chr. 6:26).

Sources: BibleData (CC BY 4.0, Zuph_1) · STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0, Zuph@1Sa.1.1-1Ch) · Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0, zuph_3108)

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