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Lexicon :: Strong's H5612 - sēp̄er

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סֵפֶר
Transliteration
sēp̄er
Pronunciation
say'-fer
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1540a,1540b

Strong’s Definitions

סֵפֶר çêpher, say'-fer; or (feminine) סִפְרָה çiphrâh; (Psalm 56:8 (H9)), from H5608; properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book:—bill, book, evidence, × learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 184x

The KJV translates Strong's H5612 in the following manner: book (138x), letter (29x), evidence (8x), bill (4x), learning (2x), register (1x), learned (with H3045) (1x), scroll (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 184x
The KJV translates Strong's H5612 in the following manner: book (138x), letter (29x), evidence (8x), bill (4x), learning (2x), register (1x), learned (with H3045) (1x), scroll (1x).
feminine noun
  1. book

    masculine noun
  2. missive, document, writing, book

    1. missive

      1. letter (of instruction), written order, commission, request, written decree

    2. legal document, certificate of divorce, deed of purchase, indictment, sign

    3. book, scroll

      1. book of prophecies

      2. genealogical register

      3. law-book

      4. book (of poems)

      5. book (of kings)

      6. books of the canon, scripture

      7. record book (of God)

    4. book-learning, writing

      1. be able to read (after verb 'to know')

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סֵפֶר çêpher, say'-fer; or (feminine) סִפְרָה çiphrâh; (Psalm 56:8 (H9)), from H5608; properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book:—bill, book, evidence, × learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.
STRONGS H5612: Abbreviations
סֵ֫פֶר 185 noun masculineIsaiah 29:11 missive, document, writing, book (probably ancient loan-word from Assyrian šipru, missive, message DlHWB 683, Tel Amarna šipru, šipirtu, id. WklTA Gloss; √ šâpâru, send, send message or letter DlHWB 683, Wkll.c., whence also sâpiru, writer, and (perhaps) ruler, šapirûtu, rule; see HomAufsätze (1892), 34 BuhlLex 13; perhaps compare Arabic bdb070701 go forth to journey, II. send on a journey Lane1370; Late Hebrew סֵפֶר = Biblical Hebrew; so Aramaic סִיפְרָא bdb070702; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic bdb070703 SchwIdioticon 64; Arabic bdb070704); — ס׳ absolute 2 Samuel 11:14 +; construct Exodus 24:7 +; suffix סִפְרִי Exodus 32:33, סִפְרְךָ Exodus 32:33; Psalm 139:16; plural סְפָרִים 1 Kings 21:8 +; —
† 1. missive:
a. letter of instruction, written order, commission, or request, usually from king, 2 Samuel 11:14, 15; 1 Kings 21:8 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 21:9, 11; 2 Kings 5:5, 6 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 5:7; 2 Kings 10:1, 2, 6, 7; 2 Kings 19:14 = Isaiah 37:14 compare 2 Chronicles 32:17; 2 Kings 20:12 = Isaiah 39:1; = written decree for publication Esther 1:22; Esther 3:13; Esther 8:5; Esther 9:20, 25, 30 (= אִגֶּרֶת Esther 9:25; Esther 9:29, see above), compare וַיִּשְׁלַח סְפָרִים בְּיִד הָרָצִים בַּסּוּסִים רֹכְבֵי הָרֶכֶשׁ Esther 8:10. — [כָּתַב ס׳ 2 Samuel 11:15; 1 Kings 21:8; 2 Kings 10:1, 6; 2 Chronicles 32:17; כָּתַב בַּסּ׳ (of specific contents) 2 Samuel 11:15; 1 Kings 21:9, 11; קָרָא אֶתהַֿסּ׳ 2 Kings 5:7 read the letter]. —
b. from prophet Jeremiah 29:1, other influential persons Jeremiah 29:25; Jeremiah 29:29†.
† 2. legal document, כְּרִיתֻת ס׳ certificate of divorce Deuteronomy 24:1, 3and (figurative) Jeremiah 3:8; Isaiah 50:1; הַמִּקְנָה ס׳ deed of purchase Jeremiah 32:11, 12 (strike out article), Jeremiah 32:12; Jeremiah 32:14; Jeremiah 32:16, compare בַּסּ׳ Jeremiah 32:10, הַסְּפָרִים Jeremiah 32:14 (si vera lectio; strike out Greek Version of the LXX Gie compare Gf), סֵפֶר Jeremiah 32:16b; Jeremiah 32:44; ס׳ = indictment Job 31:35 (object of כָּתַב; כָּתַב בְּ׳ = sign Jeremiah 32:10, 12, 44).
3. book, or scroll, in which something is written to preserve it for future use Exodus 17:14 (E), Joshua 18:9 (JE), 1 Samuel 10:25; Isaiah 30:8; Job 19:23 +; in form of roll, compare וְנָגֹ֫לוּ כַּסֵּפֶר הַשָּׁמַיִם Isaiah 34:4, הֶחָתוּם הַסּ׳ Isaiah 29:11, 12 (see Jeremiah 36, etc., below); particular:
a. book of prophecies Jeremiah 25:13; Jeremiah 30:2 + 6 times Jeremiah 36; Daniel 12:4; חֲזוֺן נַחוּם ס׳ Nahum 1:1; סֵפֶר י׳ Isaiah 34:4; so מְגִלַּת סֵפֶר Jeremiah 36:2, 4 (= מְגִלָּה Jeremiah 36:6 + 6 times; with many columns, דְּלָתוֺת Jeremiah 36:23), Ezekiel 2:9, compare Psalm 40:8.
b. geneal. register, ס׳ תּוֺלְדוֺת Genesis 5:1 (P), הַיַּ֫חַשׂ ס׳ Nehemiah 7:5.
c. law-book, הַבְּרִית ס׳ Exodus 24:7 (E), 2 Kings 23:2 2 Chronicles 34:30; 2 Kings 23:21; † הַתּוֺרָה ס׳ Deuteronomy 28:61; Deuteronomy 29:20; Deuteronomy 30:10; Deuteronomy 31:26; Joshua 1:8; Joshua 8:34 (all D), 2 Kings 22:8 2 Chronicles 34:15; 2 Kings 22:11; Nehemiah 8:3; † תּוֺרַת אֱלֹהִים ס׳ Joshua 24:26 (E), Nehemiah 8:8 (reading תּוֺרַת ס׳, so Greek Version of the LXX, compare TalmudNedarim37b), Nehemiah 8:18; Nehemiah 9:3; † תּוֺרַת י׳ ס׳ 2 Chronicles 17:9; 34:14; תּוֺרַת משֶׁה ס׳ Joshua 8:31; Joshua 23:6 (both D), 2 Kings 14:6; Nehemiah 8:1; משֶׁה ס׳ 2 Chronicles 25:4; 35:12; Nehemiah 13:1.
d. book of poems, מִלְחֲמֹת י׳ ס׳ Numbers 21:14 (JE), הַיָּשָׁר ס׳ Joshua 10:13 (JE), 2 Samuel 1:18.
e. book concerned with kings, דֵּבְרֵי שְׁלֹמֹה ס׳ 1 Kings 11:41, and especially דּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְמַלְכֵי וגו׳ ס׳ 1 Kings 14:19, 29 + 31 times Kings (18 times of Israel, + 15 times of Judah), compare Esther 10:2 (of Media and Persia); also דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לַמֶּלֶךְ ס׳ דָּוִיד 1 Chronicles 27:24 (reading ס׳ for מִסְפָּר, Greek Version of the LXX KitHpt); הַמְּלָכִים לִיהוּדָה וְיִשְׂרָאֵל ס׳ 2 Chronicles 16:11; מַלְכֵי ס׳ יְהוּדָה וְיִשׁ׳ 2 Chronicles 25:26; 28:26; 32:32; וִיהוּדָה יִשׂ׳ מ׳ ס׳ 2 Chronicles 27:7; 35:27; 36:8; יִשׂ׳ מ׳ ס׳ 1 Chronicles 9:1; 2 Chronicles 20:34; הָמְּלָכִים מִדְרַשׁ ס׳ 2 Chronicles 24:27; also דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים ס׳ Nehemiah 12:23; Esther 2:23; הַזִּכְרֹנוֺת דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים ס׳ Esther 6:1.
f. once בַּסְּפָרִים Daniel 9:2 by means of the Scriptures (canonical books) compare Ew Meinh Bev MartiKau.
g. God's record-book, Psalm 139:16, זִכָּרוֺן ס׳ Malachi 3:16; God's register of living, Exodus 32:32, 33 (E), חַיִּים ס׳ Psalm 69:29; הַסּ׳ Daniel 12:1 (citizens of Messianic kingdom).
4. ס׳ = book-learning, especially writing: יָדַע (הַ) סֵּפֶר Isaiah 29:11, 12 (twice in verse) (of abilityto read); so לְלַמְּדָם סֵפֶר וּלְשׁוֺן כַּשְׂדִּים Daniel 1:4 to teach them the writing and speech of the Chaldeans (on construction see Ges§ 128 a); more generally וְחָכְמָה הַשְׂכִּיל בְּכָלסֿ׳ Daniel 1:17. — [סֵפֶר book is joined with verbs thus: it is written (יִכָּפֶב) Malachi 3:16; a thing is written בַּסּ׳ Exodus 17:14 + 20 times, עַלסֿ׳ 2 Samuel 1:18 + 50 times (+ Jeremiah 36:32; בַדְּיוֺ with ink Jeremiah 36:18), אֶלסֿ׳ Jeremiah 30:2; Jeremiah 51:60; conversely דָּרַשׁ מֵעַל ס׳ Isaiah 34:16, שָׁמַע מֵעַל ס׳ Jeremiah 36:11; see also וְיֻחָ֑קוּ בַּסּ׳ Job 19:23 inscribe in a book, חֻקָּהּ עָלסֿ׳ Isaiah 30:8 (|| כָּתְבָהּ עַללֿוּחַ); מָחָה מִסּ׳ blot out of a book Exodus 32:32, 33; Psalm 69:29; קָרָא אֶתהַֿסּ׳ Jeremiah 51:63 read the book, scroll, but usually † קָרָא בְס׳ Jeremiah 36:8, 10, 13; Nehemiah 8:8; Nehemiah 8:18; Nehemiah 9:3; Nehemiah 13:1]. — ס׳ in קִרְיַת ס׳, see ק׳

† [סִפְרָה] noun feminine book; — suffix הֲלאֹ בְּסִפְרָתֶ֑ךָ Psalm 56:9 (compare סֵפֶר 3g); strike out as gloss Bi Che Hup-Now Du. — compare also H5615 [סְפֹרָה]

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5609.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

5:1

Exodus

17:14; 17:14; 24:7; 24:7; 32:32; 32:32; 32:33; 32:33; 32:33; 32:33

Numbers

21:14

Deuteronomy

24:1; 24:3; 28:61; 29:20; 30:10; 31:26

Joshua

1:8; 8:31; 8:34; 10:13; 18:9; 23:6; 24:26

1 Samuel

10:25

2 Samuel

1:18; 1:18; 11:14; 11:14; 11:15; 11:15; 11:15

1 Kings

11:41; 14:19; 14:29; 21:8; 21:8; 21:8; 21:9; 21:9; 21:11; 21:11

2 Kings

5:5; 5:6; 5:7; 5:7; 10:1; 10:1; 10:2; 10:6; 10:6; 10:7; 14:6; 19:14; 20:12; 22:8; 22:11; 23:2; 23:21

1 Chronicles

9:1; 27:24

2 Chronicles

16:11; 17:9; 20:34; 24:27; 25:4; 25:26; 27:7; 28:26; 32:17; 32:17; 32:32; 34:14; 34:15; 34:30; 35:12; 35:27; 36:8

Nehemiah

7:5; 8:1; 8:3; 8:8; 8:8; 8:18; 8:18; 9:3; 9:3; 12:23; 13:1; 13:1

Esther

1:22; 2:23; 3:13; 6:1; 8:5; 8:10; 9:20; 9:25; 9:25; 9:29; 9:30; 10:2

Job

19:23; 19:23; 31:35

Psalms

40:8; 56:9; 69:29; 69:29; 139:16; 139:16

Isaiah

29:11; 29:11; 29:11; 29:12; 29:12; 30:8; 30:8; 34:4; 34:4; 34:16; 37:14; 39:1; 50:1

Jeremiah

3:8; 25:13; 29:1; 29:25; 29:29; 30:2; 30:2; 32:10; 32:10; 32:11; 32:12; 32:12; 32:12; 32:14; 32:14; 32:16; 32:16; 32:44; 32:44; 36; 36; 36:2; 36:4; 36:6; 36:8; 36:10; 36:11; 36:13; 36:18; 36:23; 36:32; 51:60; 51:63

Ezekiel

2:9

Daniel

1:4; 1:17; 9:2; 12:1; 12:4

Nahum

1:1

Malachi

3:16; 3:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5612 matches the Hebrew סֵפֶר (sēp̄er),
which occurs 186 times in 174 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 5:1–2Ki 10:1)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:1 - This is the genealogy [fn]of men in the day in which God made Adam; in the image of God he made him:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:14 - And the Lord said to Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and [fn]speak this in the ears of Joshua; for I will utterly blot out the memorial of Amalec from [fn]under heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:7 - And he took the book of the covenant and read it in the ears of the people, and they said, All things whatsoever the Lord has spoken we will do and hearken therein.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:32 - And now if thou [fn]wilt forgive their sin, forgive it; and if not, blot me out of thy book, which thou hast written.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:33 - And the Lord said to Moses, If any one has sinned against me, I will blot them out of my book.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:23 - And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and shall blot them out [fn]with the water of the conviction that brings the curse.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:14 - Therefore it is said in a book, A war of the Lord has set on fire Zoob, and the brooks of Arnon.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:18 - And when he shall be established in his government, then shall he write for himself this repetition of the law into a book by the hands of the priests the Levites;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:1 - And if any one should take a wife, and should dwell with her, then it shall come to pass if she should not have found favour before him, because he has found some unbecoming thing in her, that he shall write for her a [fn]bill of divorcement, and give it into her hands, and he shall send her away out of his house.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:3 - and the last husband should hate her, and write for her a bill of divorcement; and should give it into her hands, and send her away out of his house, and the last husband should die, who took her to himself for a wife;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:58 - If thou wilt not hearken to do all the words of this law, which have been written in this book, to fear this glorious and wonderful name, the Lord thy God;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:61 - And the Lord shall bring upon thee every sickness, and every plague that is not written, and every one that is written in the book of this law, until he shall have destroyed thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:20 - (LXX 29:19) God shall by no means be willing to pardon him, but then the wrath of the Lord and his jealousy shall flame out against that man; and all the curses of this covenant shall attach themselves to him, which are written in this book, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:21 - (LXX 29:20) And the Lord shall separate that man for evil of all the children of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in the book of this law.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:27 - (LXX 29:26) And the Lord was exceedingly angry with that land to bring upon it according to all the curses which are written in the book of this law.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:10 - if thou wilt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments, and his ordinances, and his judgments written in the book of this law, if thou turn to the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:24 - And when Moses finished writing all the words of this law in a book, even to the end,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:26 - Take the book of this law, and ye shall put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God; and it shall be there [fn]among you for a testimony.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:8 - And the book of this law shall not depart out of thy mouth, and thou shalt meditate in it day and night, that thou mayest know how to do all the things that are written in it; then shalt thou prosper, and make thy ways prosperous, and then shalt thou be wise.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:31 - (LXX 9:2b) as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the law of Moses, an altar of unhewn stones, on which iron [fn]had not been lifted up; and he offered there whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord, and a peace-offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:34 - (LXX 9:2e) And afterwards Joshua read accordingly all the words of this law, the blessings and the curses, according to all things written in the law of Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:13 - And the sun and the moon stood still, until God executed vengeance on their enemies; and the sun stood still in the midst of heaven; it did not proceed to set till the end of [fn]one day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:9 - And they went, and explored the land: and they viewed it, and described it according to the cities, seven parts in a book, and brought the book to Joshua.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:6 - Do ye therefore strive diligently to observe and do all things written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not to the right hand or to the left;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:26 - And he wrote these words in the book of the laws of God: and Joshua took a great stone, and set it up under the [fn]oak before the Lord.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:25 - And Samuel told to the people the manner of the king, and wrote it in a book, and set it before the Lord: and Samuel sent away all the people, and each went to his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:18 - And he [fn]gave orders to teach it the sons of Juda: behold, it is written in the book of [fn]Right.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:14 - And the morning came, and David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Urias.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:15 - And he wrote in the letter, saying, Station Urias in front of the severe part of the fight, and retreat from behind him, so shall he be wounded and die.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:41 - And the rest of the [fn]history of Solomon, and all that he did, and all his wisdom, behold are not these things written in the book of the [fn]life of Solomon?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:29 - And the rest of the [fn]history of Roboam, and all that he did, behold, are they not written in the book of the chronicles [fn]of the kings of Juda?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:7 - And the rest of the [fn]history of Abiu, and all that he did, behold, are not these written in the [fn]book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda? And there was war between Abiu and Jeroboam.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:23 - And the rest of the history of Asa, and all his [fn]mighty deeds which he wrought, and the cities which he built, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles [fn]of the kings of Juda? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:31 - And the rest of the history of Nabat, and all that he did, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles [fn]of the kings of Israel?[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:5 - Now the rest of the history of Baasa, and all that he did, and his mighty acts, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:14 - And the rest of the [fn]deeds of Ela which he did, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:20 - And the rest of the history of Zambri, and his conspiracies wherein he conspired, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:27 - And the rest of the acts of Ambri, and all that he did, and all his might, behold, are not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:8 - (LXX 20:8) And she wrote a [fn]letter in the name of Achaab, and sealed it with his seal, and sent the letter to the elders, and to the [fn]freemen who dwelt with Nabuthai.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:9 - (LXX 20:9) And [fn]it was written in the letters, saying, Keep a fast, and set Naboth in a chief place among the people.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:11 - (LXX 20:11) And the men of his city, the elders, and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jezabel sent to them, and as it had been written in the letters which she sent to them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:39 - And the rest of the acts of Achaab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities which he [fn]built, behold, are not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:45 - (LXX 22:46) And the rest of the [fn]acts of Josaphat, and his mighty deeds, whatever he did, behold, are not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:18 - And the rest of the [fn]acts of Ochozias which he did, behold, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:5 - And the king of Syria said to Naiman, Go to, go, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he went, and took in his hand ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten [fn]changes of raiment.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:6 - And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now then, as soon as this letter shall reach thee, behold, I have sent to thee my servant Naiman, and thou shalt recover him from his leprosy.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:7 - And it came to pass, when the king of Israel read the letter, that he rent his garments, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to recover a man of his leprosy? consider, however, I pray you, and see that this man seeks an occasion against me.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:23 - And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:1 - And Achaab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Ju wrote a letter, and sent it into Samaria to the rulers of Samaria, and to the elders, and to the guardians of the children of Achaab, saying,

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