ZUPH

[possibly, honeycomb].

1. A Kohathite Levite and ancestor of Samuel. (1 Sam. 1:1; 1 Chron. 6:33-38) He is also called Zophai, an alternate form of the same name.—1 Chron. 6:26.

2. A “land” outside the territory of Benjamin through which Saul went searching for his father’s she-asses. In a city within the land of Zuph, Saul had his first meeting with Samuel. (1 Sam. 9:3-6, 15-18) The exact location of Zuph is not known.