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Lexicon :: Strong's H5608 - sāp̄ar

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סָפַר
Transliteration
sāp̄ar
Pronunciation
saw-far'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun, verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1540,1540c

Strong’s Definitions

סָפַר çâphar, saw-far'; a primitive root; properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate:—commune, (ac-) count; declare, number, penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 161x

The KJV translates Strong's H5608 in the following manner: scribe (50x), tell (40x), declare (24x), number (23x), count (6x), shew forth (5x), writer (4x), speak (2x), accounted (1x), commune (1x), told out (1x), reckon (1x), penknife (with H8593) (1x), shewing (1x), talk (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 161x
The KJV translates Strong's H5608 in the following manner: scribe (50x), tell (40x), declare (24x), number (23x), count (6x), shew forth (5x), writer (4x), speak (2x), accounted (1x), commune (1x), told out (1x), reckon (1x), penknife (with H8593) (1x), shewing (1x), talk (1x).
verb
  1. to count, recount, relate

    1. (Qal)

      1. to count (things)

      2. to number, take account of, reckon

    2. (Niphal) to be counted, be numbered

    3. (Piel) to recount, rehearse, declare

      1. to recount (something), rehearse

      2. to talk

      3. to count exactly or accurately

    4. (Pual) to be recounted, be rehearsed, be related

      masculine noun
  2. enumerator, muster-officer, secretary, scribe

    1. enumerator, muster-officer, secretary

    2. learned man, scribe

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סָפַר çâphar, saw-far'; a primitive root; properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate:—commune, (ac-) count; declare, number, penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.
STRONGS H5608: Abbreviations
סָפַר 107 verb count, Pi. recount, relate (probably ancient denominative from סֵפֶר; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Ethiopic bdb070705 measure Di404); —
Qal27 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ס׳ 2 Samuel 24:10, 2nd person masculine singular סָפַרְתָּה Psalm 56:9, וְסָפַרְתָּ֫ Leviticus 25:8, etc.; Imperfect יִסְפֹּר Psalm 87:6 + Job 38:37 where read probably יִסְפֹּר (Bu) for MT יְסַפֵּר, יִסְפּוֹר Job 31:4, וַיִּסְפֹּר 2 Chronicles 2:1; 2 Chronicles 2:16, suffix וַיִּסְפְּרֵם Ezra 1:8; 2nd person masculine singular תִּסְפֹּר Job 39:2, תִּסְפּוֹר Job 14:16, תִּסְפָּר־ Deuteronomy 16:9, etc.; Imperative masculine singular סְפֹר Genesis 15:5; masculine plural סִפְרוּ 1 Chronicles 21:2; Psalm 48:13; Infinitive construct לִסְפֹּר Genesis 15:5 + 2 times; Participle סֹפֵר Isaiah 33:18 (twice in verse) (see also סֹפֵר n. below); —
1. count things, to learn their number, with accusative, Genesis 15:5 (twice in verse) (J) 2 Samuel 24:10 + 10 times (+ accusative of congnate meaning with verb 2 Chronicles 2:16); accusative omitted Genesis 41:49 (E); + ל (dativus commodi [dative of benefit] or ethicus [of interest]), Leviticus 15:13, 28; Leviticus 23:15; Leviticus 25:8 (all PH), Deuteronomy 16:9; Ezekiel 44:26; Ezra 1:8; Psalm 87:6; Isaiah 33:8 (absolute), Isaiah 33:18 (but text suspicious, conjectures in Du CheHpt).
2. number = take account of, carefully observe and consider, reckon: תִּסְפּוֹר צְעָדַי Job 14:16 of my steps thou takest account, so Job 31:4; see also Job 38:37 (compare above); נֹדִי סָפַרַתַּה Psalm 56:9 my wandering hast thou reckoned, taken into account (Che reads סִפַּרְתִּי after Greek Version of the LXX).
Niph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִסָּפֵר Hosea 2:1 + 4 times; 3rd person masculine plural יִסָּֽפְרוּ 1 Kings 8:5; 2 Chronicles 5:6, וַיִּסָּֽפְרוּ 1 Chronicles 23:3; — be counted, numbered usually with negative, to indicate multitude, מֵרֹב לֹא יִסּ׳ Genesis 16:10 (J) it is not to be counted, for multitude, so Genesis 32:13 (J), 1 Kings 3:8 (|| יִמָּנֶה לֹא), 1 Kings 8:5 (+ id.), 2 Chronicles 5:6 (+ id.); compare Hosea 2:1 (+ יִמַּד לֹאֿ), Jeremiah 33:22 (|| לֹא יִמַּד); positively, only וַיִּסָּֽפְרוּ הַלְּוִיִּם 1 Chronicles 23:3.
Pi.67 Perfect 1st person singular סִפַּ֫רְתִּי Psalm 119:26, סִפַּ֑רְתִּי Psalm 119:13; 3rd person plural סִפְּרוּ Judges 6:13 + 3 times; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְסַפֵּר Job 38:37 +, 1st person singular אֲסַפֵּר Psalm 22:18 +; cohortative אֲסַפֵּ֑רָה Job 15:7; 1st person plural וַנּסַפֶּר־ Exodus 10:2, etc.; Imperative סַפֵּר Isaiah 43:26, etc.; Infinitive construct (לְ)סַפֵּר Psalm 50:16 + 5 times; Participle מְסַפֵּר Judges 7:13; 2 Kings 8:5; plural מְסַפְּרִים Psalm 19:2; Psalm 78:4; — recount, rehearse, declare:
1. recount something (accusative) to (לְ person) Judges 6:13; Judges 7:13; Genesis 24:66 (J), 1 Samuel 11:5 + 18 times (of rehearsing glorious deeds of י׳ Psalm 44:2; Psalm 73:28; Psalm 78:3; Psalm 78:4; Psalm 79:13); with accusative + בְּ local Ezekiel 12:16, elsewhere of rehearsing name or praise of י׳ Exodus 9:16 (J) Psalm 9:15; Psalm 96:3 = 1 Chronicles 16:24; Psalm 102:22; Jeremiah 51:10; with accusative alone Psalm 9:2; Psalm 19:2; Psalm 119:13 (+ בְּ instrumental), Psalm 145:6 + 8 times Psalms + Isaiah 43:21, all of rehearsing praise of י׳; compare מִסַּפֵּֽר עָֽצְמוּ Psalm 40:6 [Psalm 40:5] they are too great to rehearse with accusative also Jeremiah 23:28, 32; Job 15:17; Job 28:27; Psalm 119:26; accusative omitted Isaiah 43:26, with לְ person Genesis 40:8 (E) + 6 times, with אֶלֿ person Genesis 37:10 (E), with בְּאָזְנֵי Exodus 10:2; with כְּמוֺ (which see) Psalm 73:15; with אֶלֿ concerning Psalm 2:7, compare Psalm 69:27 (Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Ew Ol Gr Bi Che Bae add; in that case read יֹסִ֑פוּ); with עַלֿ concerning + לְ person Joel 1:3.
2. apparently, in weakened sense, talk Psalm 59:13; Psalm 64:6 (with ל concerning), Psalm 73:15 (with כְּמוֺ).
3. count exactly, accurately כָּלעַֿצְמוֺתָ֑י אֲסַפֵּר Psalm 22:18 I can count exactly all my bones (in wasted body). — Psalm 40:6 see below 1, Job 38:37 read יִסְפֹּר.
Pu. be recounted, related, rehearsed: Perfect 3rd person masculine singular לְ סֻפַּר Isaiah 52:15; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular לְ יְסֻפַּר Job 37:20 (clause as subject), + לְ concerning Psalm 22:31; with בְּ local Psalm 88:12; absolute יְסֻפָּ֑ר Habakkuk 1:5.

סֹפֵר, סוֺפֵר noun masculinePsalm 45:2 enumerator, muster-officer, secretary, scribe (properly participle of סָפַר; Aramaic סַפְרָא, bdb070801 id. compare bdb070802 doctus, literatus; O Aramaic ספרא id., Lzb330 Cook85; Phoenician ספר Lzb330); — absolute סֹפֵר Judges 5:14 +, סוֺפֵר 2 Samuel 8:17 +; construct סֹפֵר 2 Kings 12:11 + 2 times, + Jeremiah 52:25 (Gie GFM read הַסּ׳ as || 2 Kings 25:19); plural סֹפְרִים 1 Kings 4:3; Jeremiah 8:8, סוֺ׳ 1 Chronicles 2:55; 2 Chronicles 34:13; construct סֹפְרֵי Esther 3:12; Esther 8:9; —
1.
a. enumerator, muster-officer in description of leaders of Israel משְׁכִים בְּשֵׁבֶט ס׳ Judges 5:14.
b. king's official = secretary 2 Samuel 8:17 = 2 Samuel 20:25 = 1 Chronicles 18:16; 2 Kings 18:18, 37 = Isaiah 36:3, 22; Solomon had two 1 Kings 4:3 (in all these distinguished from מַזְכִּיר); also 2 Kings 19:2 = Isaiah 37:2; Jeremiah 36:10, 12, compare לִשְׁכַּת הַסּ׳ Jeremiah 36:12; Jeremiah 36:20; Jeremiah 36:21, בֵּית הַסּ׳ Jeremiah 37:15, 20; acting as treasurer and paymaster 2 Kings 12:11 2 Chronicles 24:11, — compare Zadok Nehemiah 13:13; — 2 Kings 22:3, 8, 9, 10, 12 2 Chronicles 34:15; 34:18; 34:20; 1 Chronicles 24:6 (Levite); שַׂר הַצָּבָא הַסּ׳ 2 Kings 25:19 = Jeremiah 52:25 (si vera lectio in Kings) implies military authority (but שַׂר הַצּ׳ perhaps gloss GFMJudges 5:14); Ew Sta and others read (as Jeremiah) scribe of general.
c. in Persia, secretaries who wrote out (king's) decrees, according to Esther 3:12; Esther 8:9.
d. 2 Chronicles 26:11 uses ס׳ for muster-officer; 1 Chronicles 2:55 mentions families of סוֺפְרִים; 2 Chronicles 34:13 knows ס׳ as Levites; ס׳ 1 Chronicles 27:32 = man of learning.
2. professional class of learned men, 'scribes' able to read and write Jeremiah 36:26, 32; with writing implements, מָהִיר עֵט ס׳ Psalm 45:2, קֶסֶת הַסּ׳ Ezekiel 9:2, 3, תַּעַר הַסּ׳ Jeremiah 36:23; especially learned in the law, and assuming to issue its precepts, עֵט שֶׁקֶר סֹפְרִים Jeremiah 8:8.
3. specifically of Ezra, at once priest (כֹּהֵן) and learned in the law (סֹפֵר), Ezra 7:11, בְרֵי מִצְוֺת י׳ Di ס׳ Ezra 7:11 [compare Aramaic Ezra 7:12; Ezra 7:21], מָהִיר בְּתוֺרֵת משֶׁה ס׳ Ezra 7:6; Nehemiah 8:1, 4, 9, 13; Nehemiah 12:26, 36.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5613.
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Strong's Number H5608 matches the Hebrew סָפַר (sāp̄ar),
which occurs 161 times in 154 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 4 (Psa 56:8–Eze 12:16)

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:8 - Thou tellest H5608 my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:12 - For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak. H5608
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:5 - They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune H5608 of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:16 - Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare H5608 what he hath done for my soul.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:26 - For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk H5608 to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:15 - My mouth shall shew forth H5608 thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:15 - If I say, I will speak H5608 thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:28 - But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare H5608 all thy works.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:1 - [[To the chief Musician, Altaschith, A Psalm or Song of Asaph.]] Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare. H5608
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:3 - Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told H5608 us.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:4 - We will not hide them from their children, shewing H5608 to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:6 - That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare H5608 them to their children:
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:13 - So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth H5608 thy praise to all generations.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:6 - The LORD shall count, H5608 when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:11 - Shall thy lovingkindness be declared H5608 in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:3 - Declare H5608 his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:21 - To declare H5608 the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:22 - And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare H5608 his works with rejoicing.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:17 - I shall not die, but live, and declare H5608 the works of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:13 - With my lips have I declared H5608 all the judgments of thy mouth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:26 - I have declared H5608 my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:18 - If I should count H5608 them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:6 - And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare H5608 thy greatness.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:10 - And ye have numbered H5608 the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:18 - Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? H5608 where is the receiver? where is he that counted H5608 the towers?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:3 - Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, H5608 and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:22 - Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, H5608 and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:2 - And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, H5608 and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:21 - This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth H5608 my praise.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:26 - Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare H5608 thou, that thou mayest be justified.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:15 - So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told H5608 them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:8 - How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes H5608 is in vain.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:27 - Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell H5608 every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:28 - The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell H5608 a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:32 - Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell H5608 them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:22 - As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, H5608 neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:10 - Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, H5608 in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD'S house, in the ears of all the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:12 - Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's H5608 chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, H5608 and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:20 - And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, H5608 and told all the words in the ears of the king.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:21 - So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's H5608 chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:23 - And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, H5608 and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:26 - But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe H5608 and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:32 - Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, H5608 the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:15 - Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: H5608 for they had made that the prison.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:20 - Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, H5608 lest I die there.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:10 - The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare H5608 in Zion the work of the LORD our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:25 - He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe H5608 of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:2 - And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's H5608 inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:3 - And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's H5608 inkhorn by his side;
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:16 - But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare H5608 all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

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