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Lexicon :: Strong's H2951 - ṭip̄sar

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טִפְסַר
Transliteration
ṭip̄sar
Pronunciation
tif-sar'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of foreign derivation
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 820

Strong’s Definitions

טִפְסַר ṭiphçar, tif-sar'; of foreign derivation; a military governor:—captain.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H2951 in the following manner: captain (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H2951 in the following manner: captain (2x).
  1. scribe, official, marshal

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
טִפְסַר ṭiphçar, tif-sar'; of foreign derivation; a military governor:—captain.
STRONGS H2951: Abbreviations
טִפְסָר noun [masculine] scribe, marshal (if meaning correct, then Assyrian loan-word, from dupsarru, tablet-writer, scribe, see LenLangue Primit. de la Chaldeve, 365 SchrCOT on Jeremiah 51:27, LotzTP 180; dupšarru, according to DlHWB 227) — plural suffix טַפְסְרַיִךְ Nahum 3:17 (as if from טַפְסֵר) thy scribes, marshals, of high officials of Nineveh; absolute singular טִפְסָר עָלֶיהָ פִּקְדוּ Jeremiah 51:27 appoint a marshal against her, i.e. against Babylon. — On military function of those skilled in writing compare שֹׁטֵר.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Jeremiah

51:27; 51:27

Nahum

3:17

H2951

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2951 matches the Hebrew טִפְסַר (ṭip̄sar),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:27 - “Set up a standard on the earth;
blow the trumpet among the nations;
prepare the nations for war against her;
summon against her the kingdoms,
Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz;
appoint a marshal against her;
bring up horses like bristling locusts.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:17 - Your princes are like grasshoppers,
your scribes[fn] like clouds of locusts
settling on the fences
in a day of cold—
when the sun rises, they fly away;
no one knows where they are.
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