חוֹף

hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine7 occurrences6 books6 verses

Definition

from an unused root meaning to cover; a cove (as a sheltered bay)
Traditional renderings: coast (of the sea), haven, shore, (sea-) side.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

7 total
  1. Genesis 49:13לְח֥וֹף · by the seashore; לְח֣וֹף · and become a harbor
    Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.
  2. Deuteronomy 1:7וּבְח֣וֹף
    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.
  3. Joshua 9:1ח֚וֹף · along the coast
    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)—
  4. Judges 5:17לְח֣וֹף · at the coast
    Gilead remained beyond the Jordan. Dan, why did you linger by the ships? Asher stayed at the coast and remained in his harbors.
  5. Jeremiah 47:7ח֥וֹף · and the shore
    How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.”
  6. Ezekiel 25:16ח֥וֹף · along
    …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.