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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:22 - Drain the blood into a basin. Then take a bundle of hyssop branches and dip it into the blood. Brush the hyssop across the top and sides of the doorframes of your houses. And no one may go out through the door until morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:27 - When her husband opened the door to leave, there lay his concubine with her hands on the threshold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:28 - They brought sleeping mats, cooking pots, serving bowls, wheat and barley, flour and roasted grain, beans, lentils,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:50 - the small bowls, lamp snuffers, bowls, dishes, and incense burners—all of solid gold;
the doors for the entrances to the Most Holy Place and the main room of the Temple, with their fronts overlaid with gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:17 - So Jeroboam’s wife returned to Tirzah, and the child died just as she walked through the door of her home.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:9 - Then Jehoiada the priest bored a hole in the lid of a large chest and set it on the right-hand side of the altar at the entrance of the Temple of the LORD. The priests guarding the entrance put all of the people’s contributions into the chest.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:13 - The money brought to the Temple was not used for making silver bowls, lamp snuffers, basins, trumpets, or other articles of gold or silver for the Temple of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:4 - “Go to Hilkiah the high priest and have him count the money the gatekeepers have collected from the people at the LORD’s Temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4 - Then the king instructed Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second rank and the Temple gatekeepers to remove from the LORD’s Temple all the articles that were used to worship Baal, Asherah, and all the powers of the heavens. The king had all these things burned outside Jerusalem on the terraces of the Kidron Valley, and he carried the ashes away to Bethel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:18 - Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took with him as prisoners Seraiah the high priest, Zephaniah the priest of the second rank, and the three chief gatekeepers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:19 - Shallum was the son of Kore, a descendant of Abiasaph,[fn] from the clan of Korah. He and his relatives, the Korahites, were responsible for guarding the entrance to the sanctuary, just as their ancestors had guarded the Tabernacle in the camp of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:22 - In all, there were 212 gatekeepers in those days, and they were listed according to the genealogies in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed their ancestors because they were reliable men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:7 - He overlaid the beams, thresholds, walls, and doors throughout the Temple with gold, and he carved figures of cherubim on the walls.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:4 - This is what you must do. When you priests and Levites come on duty on the Sabbath, a third of you will serve as gatekeepers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:9 - They gave Hilkiah the high priest the money that had been collected by the Levites who served as gatekeepers at the Temple of God. The gifts were brought by people from Manasseh, Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, as well as from all Judah, Benjamin, and the people of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:21 - One day as Mordecai was on duty at the king’s gate, two of the king’s eunuchs, Bigthana[fn] and Teresh—who were guards at the door of the king’s private quarters—became angry at King Xerxes and plotted to assassinate him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:2 - In those records he discovered an account of how Mordecai had exposed the plot of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the door to the king’s private quarters. They had plotted to assassinate King Xerxes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:4 - Their voices shook the Temple to its foundations, and the entire building was filled with smoke.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:4 - I took them to the Temple, and we went into the room assigned to the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God. This room was located next to the one used by the Temple officials, directly above the room of Maaseiah son of Shallum, the Temple gatekeeper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:19 - Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, also took the small bowls, incense burners, basins, pots, lampstands, dishes, bowls used for liquid offerings, and all the other articles made of pure gold or silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:24 - Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took with him as prisoners Seraiah the high priest, Zephaniah the priest of the second rank, and the three chief gatekeepers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:6 - Then he went over to the eastern gateway. He climbed the steps and measured the threshold of the gateway; it was 10½ feet front to back.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:7 - There were guard alcoves on each side built into the gateway passage. Each of these alcoves was 10½ feet square, with a distance between them of 8¾ feet[fn] along the passage wall. The gateway’s inner threshold, which led to the entry room at the inner end of the gateway passage, was 10½ feet front to back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:16 - were all paneled with wood, as were the frames of the recessed windows. The inner walls of the Temple were paneled with wood above and below the windows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:8 - They put their idol altars right next to mine with only a wall between them and me. They defiled my holy name by such detestable sin, so I consumed them in my anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:1 - Then I saw a vision of the Lord standing beside the altar. He said,
“Strike the tops of the Temple columns,
so that the foundation will shake.
Bring down the roof
on the heads of the people below.
I will kill with the sword those who survive.
No one will escape!

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:14 - The proud city will become a pasture for flocks and herds,
and all sorts of wild animals will settle there.
The desert owl and screech owl will roost on its ruined columns,
their calls echoing through the gaping windows.
Rubble will block all the doorways,
and the cedar paneling will be exposed to the weather.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:2 - I will make Jerusalem like an intoxicating drink that makes the nearby nations stagger when they send their armies to besiege Jerusalem and Judah.
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