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HebrewH5594Verb

סָפַד

sa.phad

29Occurrences
H5594Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. to wail, lament, mourn 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to wail, lament 1a2) wailers (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be lamented, be bewailed

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

סָפַד appears 29 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
8
1 Kings
4
2 Samuel
3
Zechariah
3
1 Samuel
2
Ecclesiastes
2
Ezk
2
Genesis
2

Key Passages

1 Kings 13:29BSB

So the old prophet lifted up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to his own city to mourn for him and bury him.

1 Samuel 28:3BSB

Now by this time Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had removed the mediums and spiritists from the land.

Ecclesiastes 3:4BSB

a time to weep and a time to laugh,a time to mourn and a time to dance,

Isaiah 32:12BSB

Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields,for the fruitful vines,

Jeremiah 25:33BSB

Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.