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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)
Dictionary Aids

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.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:8 - [fn]Rehum the governor and Shimshai the court secretary wrote the letter, telling King Artaxerxes about the situation in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:9 - They greeted the king for all their colleagues—the judges and local leaders, the people of Tarpel, the Persians, the Babylonians, and the people of Erech and Susa (that is, Elam).
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:17 - Then King Artaxerxes sent this reply: “To Rehum the governor, Shimshai the court secretary, and their colleagues living in Samaria and throughout the province west of the Euphrates River. Greetings.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:23 - When this letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, Shimshai, and their colleagues, they hurried to Jerusalem. Then, with a show of strength, they forced the Jews to stop building.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:12 - [fn]“From Artaxerxes, the king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the teacher of the law of the God of heaven. Greetings.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:21 - “I, Artaxerxes the king, hereby send this decree to all the treasurers in the province west of the Euphrates River[fn]: ‘You are to give Ezra, the priest and teacher of the law of the God of heaven, whatever he requests of you.
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