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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)
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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:8 - [fn]Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe H5613 wrote a letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes, as follows—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:9 -

then wrote Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe H5613 and the rest of their colleagues, the judges and the lesser governors, the officials, the secretaries, the men of Erech, the Babylonians, the men of Susa, that is, the Elamites,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:17 -

Then the king sent an edict to Rehum the commander, to Shimshai the scribe H5613, and to the rest of their colleagues who live in Samaria and in the rest of the provinces beyond the River: “Peace. And now—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:23 -

Then as soon as the copy of King Artaxerxes’ document was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe H5613 and their colleagues, they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews and stopped them by force and military.

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“[fn]Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe H5613 of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace. And now—

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“So I, even I, King Artaxerxes, issue a decree to all the treasurers who are in the provinces beyond the [fn]River, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe H5613 of the law of the God of heaven, may ask of you, it shall be done with all diligence,

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