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HebrewH5608Verb

סָפַר

sa.phar

129Occurrences
H5608Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
v 1) to count, recount, relate 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to count (things) 1a2) to number, take account of, reckon 1b) (Niphal) to be counted, be numbered 1c) (Piel) to recount, rehearse, declare 1c1) to recount (something), rehearse 1c2) to talk 1c3) to count exactly or accurately 1d) (Pual) to be recounted, be rehearsed, be related

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

סָפַר appears 129 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Psalms
19
Jeremiah
16
2 Kings
12
Genesis
11
Isaiah
8
Job
8
1 Chronicles
7
2 Chronicles
7

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 16:24BSB

Declare His glory among the nations,His wonderful deeds among all peoples.

2 Kings 22:10BSB

Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.

Genesis 24:66BSB

Then the servant told Isaac all that he had done.

Jeremiah 36:10BSB

From the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, which was in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the house of the LORD, Baruch read from the scroll the words of Jeremiah in the hearing of all the people.

Leviticus 23:16BSB

You shall count off fifty days until the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the LORD.

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