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Lexicon :: Strong's H5613 - sāp̄ēr

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סָפֵר
Transliteration
sāp̄ēr
Pronunciation
saw-fare'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as סְפַר (H5609)
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TWOT Reference: 2891b

Strong’s Definitions

סָפֵר çâphêr, saw-fare'; (Aramaic) from the same as H5609; a scribe (secular or sacred):—scribe.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H5613 in the following manner: scribe (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H5613 in the following manner: scribe (6x).

  1. scribe, secretary

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סָפֵר çâphêr, saw-fare'; (Aramaic) from the same as H5609; a scribe (secular or sacred):—scribe.
STRONGS H5613: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† [סָפֵר] noun masculine secretary, scribe (Targum Syriac; Biblical Hebrew H5608 סֹפֵר); — emphatic סָֽפְרָא the secretary, Persian official, Ezra 4:8, 9, 17, 23; construct סָפַר the scribe Ezra 7:12, 21, of Ezra as learned in God's law.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

4:8; 4:9; 4:17; 4:23; 7:12; 7:21

H5613

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5613 matches the Hebrew סָפֵר (sāp̄ēr),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:8 - Rehum the commanding officer and Shimshai the secretary wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:9 - Rehum the commanding officer and Shimshai the secretary, together with the rest of their associates—the judges, officials and administrators over the people from Persia, Uruk and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:17 - The king sent this reply: To Rehum the commanding officer, Shimshai the secretary and the rest of their associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in Trans-Euphrates: Greetings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:23 - As soon as the copy of the letter of King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum and Shimshai the secretary and their associates, they went immediately to the Jews in Jerusalem and compelled them by force to stop.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:12 - Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, teacher of the Law of the God of heaven: Greetings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:21 - Now I, King Artaxerxes, decree that all the treasurers of Trans-Euphrates are to provide with diligence whatever Ezra the priest, the teacher of the Law of the God of heaven, may ask of you—
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