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Lexicon :: Strong's H5592 - sap̄

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סַף
Transliteration
sap̄
Pronunciation
saf
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From סָפַף (H5605), in its original sense of containing
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1538a,1538b

Strong’s Definitions

סַף çaph, saf; from H5605, in its original sense of containing; a vestibule (as a limit); also a dish (for holding blood or wine):—bason, bowl, cup, door (post), gate, post, threshold.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x

The KJV translates Strong's H5592 in the following manner: door (12x), threshold (8x), bason (4x), posts (3x), bowls (2x), gates (2x), cup (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x
The KJV translates Strong's H5592 in the following manner: door (12x), threshold (8x), bason (4x), posts (3x), bowls (2x), gates (2x), cup (1x).
  1. a spreading out, basin, goblet, bowl

    1. basin, goblet

  2. threshold, sill

    1. threshold, sill, door-keeper

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סַף çaph, saf; from H5605, in its original sense of containing; a vestibule (as a limit); also a dish (for holding blood or wine):—bason, bowl, cup, door (post), gate, post, threshold.
STRONGS H5592: Abbreviations
† I. סַף noun masculine basin, goblet (Late Hebrew סַף; Phoenician סף (Inscription of Tyre(1), 5, 6) SchrödZMG xxxix (1886), 317 f. Cl-GannAnnales du Musée Guimet x. 511 = Recuell d'arch. orient.(1886), 89 HalRÉJ xii.107 Bloch; but Lzb330 door-sill); — ס׳ absolutebasin Exodus 12:22 (twice in verse) (J; containing blood of passover lamb); construct סַףרַֿעַל Zechariah 12:2 goblet of reeling (intoxicating, figurative), probably also Habakkuk 2:15, where read מִסַּף חֲמָֽתְךָ from the goblet of thy fury (for MT ח'מְסַפֵּחַ, see I. ספח); plural absolute סַפּוֹת 2 Samuel 17:28 basins for ordinary use; הַסִּפִּים Jeremiah 52:19, הַסִּפּוֹת 1 Kings 7:50 and construct כֶּסֶף סִפּוֹת 2 Kings 12:14, of temple utensils.

II. סַף noun masculineAmos 9:1 threshold, sill (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician see Lzb1. סַף; Aramaic סִפָּא, bdb070606 Arabic sippu Dl509, all id.); — absolute ס׳ 2 Kings 12:10 +, also הַסָּ֑ף Judges 19:27 + 3 times (Baer Ginsb), הַסָּ֑ף 2 Kings 25:8; suffix סִפִּי Ezekiel 43:8, סִפָּם Ezekiel 43:8; plural סִפִּים Amos 9:1; Isaiah 6:4 + 6 times Ezra, Chronicles; — threshold, sill Judges 19:27; Amos 9:1; Isaiah 6:4; Ezekiel 41:16 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 43:8 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 3:7, הַבַּיִת ס׳ 1 Kings 14:17, הַשַּׁעַר ס׳ Ezekiel 40:6, 7, compare Ezekiel 40:6b שֹׁמֵרֹ הַסַּף = door-keeper, an important temple official, Jeremiah 35:4, so שֹׁמְרֵי הַסּ׳ 2 Kings 12:10 (priests), 2 Kings 22:4 2 Chronicles 34:9 (Levites!), 2 Kings 23:4; 2 Kings 25:18 = Jeremiah 52:24; in Persia, of palace Esther 2:21; Esther 6:2; of tabernacle הַסִּפִּים שׁ׳ 1 Chronicles 9:19; שֹׁעֲרֵי הַסּ׳ 2 Chronicles 23:4 (Levites), שֹׁעֲרִים בַּסּ׳ 1 Chronicles 9:22; collective חֹרֶב בַּסָּ֑ף Zephaniah 2:14 desolation in the thresholds.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

12:22

Judges

19:27; 19:27

2 Samuel

17:28

1 Kings

7:50; 14:17

2 Kings

12:10; 12:10; 12:14; 22:4; 23:4; 25:8; 25:18

1 Chronicles

9:19; 9:22

2 Chronicles

3:7; 23:4; 34:9

Esther

2:21; 6:2

Isaiah

6:4; 6:4

Jeremiah

35:4; 52:19; 52:24

Ezekiel

40:6; 40:6; 40:7; 41:16; 43:8; 43:8; 43:8

Amos

9:1; 9:1; 9:1

Habakkuk

2:15

Zephaniah

2:14

Zechariah

12:2

H5592

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5592 matches the Hebrew סַף (sap̄),
which occurs 32 times in 28 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:22 - “And you shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which is in the basin H5592, and [fn]touch some of the blood that is in the basin H5592 to the lintel and the two doorposts; and none of you shall go outside the doorway of his house until morning.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:27 -

Then her master arose in the morning and opened the doors of the house and went out to go on his way, and behold, the woman, his concubine, was lying at the doorway of the house with her hands on the threshold H5592.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:28 - brought beds, basins H5592, pottery, wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils, roasted seeds,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:50 - and the cups H5592 and the snuffers and the bowls and the spoons and the firepans, of pure gold; and the hinges both for the doors of the inner house, the Holy of Holies, and for the doors of the house, that is, of the nave, of gold.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:17 -

Then Jeroboam’s wife arose and went away and came to Tirzah. As she was entering the threshold H5592 of the house, the child died.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:9 -

But Jehoiada the priest took a chest and bored a hole in its lid and put it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of Yahweh; and the priests who kept watch over the threshold H5592 put in it all the money which was brought into the house of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:13 - But there were not made for the house of Yahweh silver cups H5592, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver from the money which was brought into the house of Yahweh;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:4 - “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest that he may [fn]count the money brought into the house of Yahweh which the doorkeepers H5592 have gathered from the people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4 -

Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second order and the [fn]doorkeepers H5592, to bring out of the temple of Yahweh all the vessels that were made for Baal, for [fn]Asherah, and for all the host of heaven; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:18 -

Then the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest, with the three [fn]doorkeepers H5592 of the temple H5592.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:19 -

Shallum the son of Kore, the son of [fn]Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives of his father’s house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds H5592 of the tent; and their fathers had been over the camp of Yahweh, keepers of the entrance.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:22 - All these who were chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds H5592 were 212. These were recorded by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer established in their office of trust.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:7 - He also covered the house with gold—the beams, the thresholds H5592 and its walls and its doors; and he carved cherubim on the walls.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:4 - “This is the thing which you shall do: one-third of you, of the priests and Levites who come in on the sabbath, shall be gatekeepers at the thresholds H5592,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:9 - And they came to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites, the [fn]doorkeepers H5592, had gathered from the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, and from all Judah and Benjamin and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:21 - In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs from those who were doorkeepers H5592, became furious and sought to send forth their hand against King Ahasuerus.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:2 - And it was found written what Mordecai had told concerning Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs from those who were doorkeepers H5592, that they had sought to send forth their hand against King Ahasuerus.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:4 -

And the [fn]foundations of the thresholds H5592 shook at the voice of him who called out, while the house of God was filling with smoke.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:4 - and I brought them into the house of Yahweh, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was beside the chamber of the officials, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the doorkeeper H5592.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:19 - And the captain of the guard also took away the cups H5592, the firepans, the bowls, the pots, the lampstands, the [fn]pans, and the offering bowls, what was fine gold and what was fine silver.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:24 -

Then the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest, with the three [fn]doorkeepers H5592 of the temple H5592.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:6 - Then he went to the gate which faced east, went up its steps, and measured the threshold H5592 of the gate, one rod [fn]in width; and the other threshold H5592 was one rod [fn]in width.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:7 - The guardroom was one rod long and one rod wide; and there were five cubits between the guardrooms. And the threshold H5592 of the gate by the porch of the gate [fn]facing inward was one rod.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:16 - The thresholds H5592, the [fn]latticed windows, and the [fn]galleries round about their three stories, opposite the threshold H5592, were paneled with wood all around, and from the ground to the windows (but the windows were covered),
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:8 - by putting their threshold H5592 by My threshold H5592 and their door post beside My door post, with only the wall between Me and them. And they have defiled My holy name by their abominations which they have done. So I have consumed them in My anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:1 -

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said,

“Strike the capitals so that the thresholds H5592 will quake,

And break them on the heads of them all!

Then I will kill the rest of them with the sword;

Not one of them who can flee will flee,

And not one of them who can survive will escape.

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:14 -

Flocks will lie down in her midst,

All the beasts of the nation;

Both the [fn]pelican and the hedgehog

Will lodge in [fn]the tops of her pillars;

Their voice will sing in the window,

Ruin will be on the threshold H5592;

For He has laid bare the cedar work.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:2 - “Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup H5592 [fn]that causes reeling to all the peoples all around. Now the one in siege against Jerusalem will also be against Judah.
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