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Lexicon :: Strong's H5612 - sēp̄er

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סֵפֶר
Transliteration
sēp̄er
Pronunciation
say'-fer
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1540a,1540b

Strong’s Definitions

סֵפֶר çêpher, say'-fer; or (feminine) סִפְרָה çiphrâh; (Psalm 56:8 (H9)), from H5608; properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book:—bill, book, evidence, × learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 184x

The KJV translates Strong's H5612 in the following manner: book (138x), letter (29x), evidence (8x), bill (4x), learning (2x), register (1x), learned (with H3045) (1x), scroll (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 184x
The KJV translates Strong's H5612 in the following manner: book (138x), letter (29x), evidence (8x), bill (4x), learning (2x), register (1x), learned (with H3045) (1x), scroll (1x).
feminine noun
  1. book

    masculine noun
  2. missive, document, writing, book

    1. missive

      1. letter (of instruction), written order, commission, request, written decree

    2. legal document, certificate of divorce, deed of purchase, indictment, sign

    3. book, scroll

      1. book of prophecies

      2. genealogical register

      3. law-book

      4. book (of poems)

      5. book (of kings)

      6. books of the canon, scripture

      7. record book (of God)

    4. book-learning, writing

      1. be able to read (after verb 'to know')

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סֵפֶר çêpher, say'-fer; or (feminine) סִפְרָה çiphrâh; (Psalm 56:8 (H9)), from H5608; properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book:—bill, book, evidence, × learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.
STRONGS H5612: Abbreviations
סֵ֫פֶר 185 noun masculineIsaiah 29:11 missive, document, writing, book (probably ancient loan-word from Assyrian šipru, missive, message DlHWB 683, Tel Amarna šipru, šipirtu, id. WklTA Gloss; √ šâpâru, send, send message or letter DlHWB 683, Wkll.c., whence also sâpiru, writer, and (perhaps) ruler, šapirûtu, rule; see HomAufsätze (1892), 34 BuhlLex 13; perhaps compare Arabic bdb070701 go forth to journey, II. send on a journey Lane1370; Late Hebrew סֵפֶר = Biblical Hebrew; so Aramaic סִיפְרָא bdb070702; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic bdb070703 SchwIdioticon 64; Arabic bdb070704); — ס׳ absolute 2 Samuel 11:14 +; construct Exodus 24:7 +; suffix סִפְרִי Exodus 32:33, סִפְרְךָ Exodus 32:33; Psalm 139:16; plural סְפָרִים 1 Kings 21:8 +; —
† 1. missive:
a. letter of instruction, written order, commission, or request, usually from king, 2 Samuel 11:14, 15; 1 Kings 21:8 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 21:9, 11; 2 Kings 5:5, 6 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 5:7; 2 Kings 10:1, 2, 6, 7; 2 Kings 19:14 = Isaiah 37:14 compare 2 Chronicles 32:17; 2 Kings 20:12 = Isaiah 39:1; = written decree for publication Esther 1:22; Esther 3:13; Esther 8:5; Esther 9:20, 25, 30 (= אִגֶּרֶת Esther 9:25; Esther 9:29, see above), compare וַיִּשְׁלַח סְפָרִים בְּיִד הָרָצִים בַּסּוּסִים רֹכְבֵי הָרֶכֶשׁ Esther 8:10. — [כָּתַב ס׳ 2 Samuel 11:15; 1 Kings 21:8; 2 Kings 10:1, 6; 2 Chronicles 32:17; כָּתַב בַּסּ׳ (of specific contents) 2 Samuel 11:15; 1 Kings 21:9, 11; קָרָא אֶתהַֿסּ׳ 2 Kings 5:7 read the letter]. —
b. from prophet Jeremiah 29:1, other influential persons Jeremiah 29:25; Jeremiah 29:29†.
† 2. legal document, כְּרִיתֻת ס׳ certificate of divorce Deuteronomy 24:1, 3and (figurative) Jeremiah 3:8; Isaiah 50:1; הַמִּקְנָה ס׳ deed of purchase Jeremiah 32:11, 12 (strike out article), Jeremiah 32:12; Jeremiah 32:14; Jeremiah 32:16, compare בַּסּ׳ Jeremiah 32:10, הַסְּפָרִים Jeremiah 32:14 (si vera lectio; strike out Greek Version of the LXX Gie compare Gf), סֵפֶר Jeremiah 32:16b; Jeremiah 32:44; ס׳ = indictment Job 31:35 (object of כָּתַב; כָּתַב בְּ׳ = sign Jeremiah 32:10, 12, 44).
3. book, or scroll, in which something is written to preserve it for future use Exodus 17:14 (E), Joshua 18:9 (JE), 1 Samuel 10:25; Isaiah 30:8; Job 19:23 +; in form of roll, compare וְנָגֹ֫לוּ כַּסֵּפֶר הַשָּׁמַיִם Isaiah 34:4, הֶחָתוּם הַסּ׳ Isaiah 29:11, 12 (see Jeremiah 36, etc., below); particular:
a. book of prophecies Jeremiah 25:13; Jeremiah 30:2 + 6 times Jeremiah 36; Daniel 12:4; חֲזוֺן נַחוּם ס׳ Nahum 1:1; סֵפֶר י׳ Isaiah 34:4; so מְגִלַּת סֵפֶר Jeremiah 36:2, 4 (= מְגִלָּה Jeremiah 36:6 + 6 times; with many columns, דְּלָתוֺת Jeremiah 36:23), Ezekiel 2:9, compare Psalm 40:8.
b. geneal. register, ס׳ תּוֺלְדוֺת Genesis 5:1 (P), הַיַּ֫חַשׂ ס׳ Nehemiah 7:5.
c. law-book, הַבְּרִית ס׳ Exodus 24:7 (E), 2 Kings 23:2 2 Chronicles 34:30; 2 Kings 23:21; † הַתּוֺרָה ס׳ Deuteronomy 28:61; Deuteronomy 29:20; Deuteronomy 30:10; Deuteronomy 31:26; Joshua 1:8; Joshua 8:34 (all D), 2 Kings 22:8 2 Chronicles 34:15; 2 Kings 22:11; Nehemiah 8:3; † תּוֺרַת אֱלֹהִים ס׳ Joshua 24:26 (E), Nehemiah 8:8 (reading תּוֺרַת ס׳, so Greek Version of the LXX, compare TalmudNedarim37b), Nehemiah 8:18; Nehemiah 9:3; † תּוֺרַת י׳ ס׳ 2 Chronicles 17:9; 34:14; תּוֺרַת משֶׁה ס׳ Joshua 8:31; Joshua 23:6 (both D), 2 Kings 14:6; Nehemiah 8:1; משֶׁה ס׳ 2 Chronicles 25:4; 35:12; Nehemiah 13:1.
d. book of poems, מִלְחֲמֹת י׳ ס׳ Numbers 21:14 (JE), הַיָּשָׁר ס׳ Joshua 10:13 (JE), 2 Samuel 1:18.
e. book concerned with kings, דֵּבְרֵי שְׁלֹמֹה ס׳ 1 Kings 11:41, and especially דּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְמַלְכֵי וגו׳ ס׳ 1 Kings 14:19, 29 + 31 times Kings (18 times of Israel, + 15 times of Judah), compare Esther 10:2 (of Media and Persia); also דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לַמֶּלֶךְ ס׳ דָּוִיד 1 Chronicles 27:24 (reading ס׳ for מִסְפָּר, Greek Version of the LXX KitHpt); הַמְּלָכִים לִיהוּדָה וְיִשְׂרָאֵל ס׳ 2 Chronicles 16:11; מַלְכֵי ס׳ יְהוּדָה וְיִשׁ׳ 2 Chronicles 25:26; 28:26; 32:32; וִיהוּדָה יִשׂ׳ מ׳ ס׳ 2 Chronicles 27:7; 35:27; 36:8; יִשׂ׳ מ׳ ס׳ 1 Chronicles 9:1; 2 Chronicles 20:34; הָמְּלָכִים מִדְרַשׁ ס׳ 2 Chronicles 24:27; also דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים ס׳ Nehemiah 12:23; Esther 2:23; הַזִּכְרֹנוֺת דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים ס׳ Esther 6:1.
f. once בַּסְּפָרִים Daniel 9:2 by means of the Scriptures (canonical books) compare Ew Meinh Bev MartiKau.
g. God's record-book, Psalm 139:16, זִכָּרוֺן ס׳ Malachi 3:16; God's register of living, Exodus 32:32, 33 (E), חַיִּים ס׳ Psalm 69:29; הַסּ׳ Daniel 12:1 (citizens of Messianic kingdom).
4. ס׳ = book-learning, especially writing: יָדַע (הַ) סֵּפֶר Isaiah 29:11, 12 (twice in verse) (of abilityto read); so לְלַמְּדָם סֵפֶר וּלְשׁוֺן כַּשְׂדִּים Daniel 1:4 to teach them the writing and speech of the Chaldeans (on construction see Ges§ 128 a); more generally וְחָכְמָה הַשְׂכִּיל בְּכָלסֿ׳ Daniel 1:17. — [סֵפֶר book is joined with verbs thus: it is written (יִכָּפֶב) Malachi 3:16; a thing is written בַּסּ׳ Exodus 17:14 + 20 times, עַלסֿ׳ 2 Samuel 1:18 + 50 times (+ Jeremiah 36:32; בַדְּיוֺ with ink Jeremiah 36:18), אֶלסֿ׳ Jeremiah 30:2; Jeremiah 51:60; conversely דָּרַשׁ מֵעַל ס׳ Isaiah 34:16, שָׁמַע מֵעַל ס׳ Jeremiah 36:11; see also וְיֻחָ֑קוּ בַּסּ׳ Job 19:23 inscribe in a book, חֻקָּהּ עָלסֿ׳ Isaiah 30:8 (|| כָּתְבָהּ עַללֿוּחַ); מָחָה מִסּ׳ blot out of a book Exodus 32:32, 33; Psalm 69:29; קָרָא אֶתהַֿסּ׳ Jeremiah 51:63 read the book, scroll, but usually † קָרָא בְס׳ Jeremiah 36:8, 10, 13; Nehemiah 8:8; Nehemiah 8:18; Nehemiah 9:3; Nehemiah 13:1]. — ס׳ in קִרְיַת ס׳, see ק׳

† [סִפְרָה] noun feminine book; — suffix הֲלאֹ בְּסִפְרָתֶ֑ךָ Psalm 56:9 (compare סֵפֶר 3g); strike out as gloss Bi Che Hup-Now Du. — compare also H5615 [סְפֹרָה]

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5609.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

5:1

Exodus

17:14; 17:14; 24:7; 24:7; 32:32; 32:32; 32:33; 32:33; 32:33; 32:33

Numbers

21:14

Deuteronomy

24:1; 24:3; 28:61; 29:20; 30:10; 31:26

Joshua

1:8; 8:31; 8:34; 10:13; 18:9; 23:6; 24:26

1 Samuel

10:25

2 Samuel

1:18; 1:18; 11:14; 11:14; 11:15; 11:15; 11:15

1 Kings

11:41; 14:19; 14:29; 21:8; 21:8; 21:8; 21:9; 21:9; 21:11; 21:11

2 Kings

5:5; 5:6; 5:7; 5:7; 10:1; 10:1; 10:2; 10:6; 10:6; 10:7; 14:6; 19:14; 20:12; 22:8; 22:11; 23:2; 23:21

1 Chronicles

9:1; 27:24

2 Chronicles

16:11; 17:9; 20:34; 24:27; 25:4; 25:26; 27:7; 28:26; 32:17; 32:17; 32:32; 34:14; 34:15; 34:30; 35:12; 35:27; 36:8

Nehemiah

7:5; 8:1; 8:3; 8:8; 8:8; 8:18; 8:18; 9:3; 9:3; 12:23; 13:1; 13:1

Esther

1:22; 2:23; 3:13; 6:1; 8:5; 8:10; 9:20; 9:25; 9:25; 9:29; 9:30; 10:2

Job

19:23; 19:23; 31:35

Psalms

40:8; 56:9; 69:29; 69:29; 139:16; 139:16

Isaiah

29:11; 29:11; 29:11; 29:12; 29:12; 30:8; 30:8; 34:4; 34:4; 34:16; 37:14; 39:1; 50:1

Jeremiah

3:8; 25:13; 29:1; 29:25; 29:29; 30:2; 30:2; 32:10; 32:10; 32:11; 32:12; 32:12; 32:12; 32:14; 32:14; 32:16; 32:16; 32:44; 32:44; 36; 36; 36:2; 36:4; 36:6; 36:8; 36:10; 36:11; 36:13; 36:18; 36:23; 36:32; 51:60; 51:63

Ezekiel

2:9

Daniel

1:4; 1:17; 9:2; 12:1; 12:4

Nahum

1:1

Malachi

3:16; 3:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5612 matches the Hebrew סֵפֶר (sēp̄er),
which occurs 188 times in 174 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 4 (2Ch 34:21–Jer 32:10)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:21 - Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book H5612 that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book. H5612
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:24 - Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book H5612 which they have read before the king of Judah:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:30 - And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book H5612 of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:31 - And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book. H5612
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:12 - And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the LORD, as it is written in the book H5612 of Moses. And so did they with the oxen.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:27 - And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book H5612 of the kings of Israel and Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:8 - Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book H5612 of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:5 - And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register H5612 of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:1 - And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book H5612 of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:3 - And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book H5612 of the law.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:5 - And Ezra opened the book H5612 in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:8 - So they read in the book H5612 in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:18 - Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book H5612 of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:3 - And they stood up in their place, and read in the book H5612 of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:23 - The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book H5612 of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:1 - On that day they read in the book H5612 of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:22 - For he sent letters H5612 into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:23 - And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book H5612 of the chronicles before the king.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:13 - And the letters H5612 were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:1 - On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book H5612 of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:5 - And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters H5612 devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:10 - And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters H5612 by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:20 - And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters H5612 unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:25 - But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters H5612 that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:30 - And he sent the letters H5612 unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:32 - And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book. H5612
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 10:2 - And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book H5612 of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:23 - Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! H5612
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:35 - Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. H5612
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:7 - Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book H5612 it is written of me,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:8 - Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? H5612
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:28 - Let them be blotted out of the book H5612 of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:16 - Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book H5612 all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:12 - And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books H5612 there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:11 - And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book H5612 that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:12 - And the book H5612 is delivered to him that is not learned, H5612 saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:18 - And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, H5612 and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:8 - Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, H5612 that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:4 - And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: H5612 and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:16 - Seek ye out of the book H5612 of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:14 - And Hezekiah received the letter H5612 from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:1 - At that time Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters H5612 and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:1 - Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill H5612 of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:8 - And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill H5612 of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:13 - And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, H5612 which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:1 - Now these are the words of the letter H5612 that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:25 - Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters H5612 in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:29 - And Zephaniah the priest read this letter H5612 in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:2 - Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. H5612
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:10 - And I subscribed the evidence, H5612 and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.

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