Ziph

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Ziph
     flowing. (1.) A son of Jehaleleel (1 Chr. 4:16).
     
       (2.) A city in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:24), probably at
     the pass of Sufah.
     


       (3.) A city in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:55),
     identified with the uninhabited ruins of Tell ez-Zif, about 5
     miles south-east of Hebron. Here David hid himself during his
     wanderings (1 Sam. 23:19; Ps. 54, title).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Ziph, this mouth or mouthful; falsehood