סוֹףçôwph
end, late synonym of קֵץ (Ecclesiastes 7:2; Ecclesiastes 3:11; 2 Chronicles 20:16; Joel 2:20; Ecclesiastes 12:13)
Pronunciation: sofe · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5490
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- 2 Chronicles 20:16 Tomorrow, march out against them. You will find them coming up through the ascent of Ziz at the end of the valley that opens into the wilderness of Jeruel.
- Ecclesiastes 3:11 Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.
- Ecclesiastes 7:2 Better to spend your time at funerals than at parties. After all, everyone dies— so the living should take this to heart.
- Ecclesiastes 12:13 That’s the whole story. Here now is my final conclusion: Fear God and obey his commands, for this is everyone’s duty.
- Joel 2:20 I will drive away these armies from the north. I will send them into the parched wastelands. Those in the front will be driven into the Dead Sea, and those at the rear into the Mediterranean. The stench of their rotting bodies will rise over the land.” Surely the Lord has done great things!
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).