STRONGS NUMBER H2348


Word Summary
choph: shore, coast
Original Word: חוֹף
Transliteration: choph
Phonetic Spelling: (khofe)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: shore, coast
Meaning: shore, coast
Strong's Concordance
coast of the sea, haven, shore, seaside

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2348. choph

חוֺףnoun [masculine] shore, coast (as surrounding, enclosing) — ׳ח‎ only construct Genesis 49:13 (twice in verse) + 5 t.: — shore of sea ׳ח הַיָּםDeuteronomy 1:7; Joshua 9:1 (both D), Judges 5:17; Jeremiah 47:7; Ezekiel 25:16; ׳ח יַמִּיםGenesis 49:13 (poem); אֳנִיּוֺת ׳ח49:13 the shore of ships, i.e. to which ships come.