HebrewH5618Proper Noun (Masculine)
סֹפֶ֫רֶת
so.phe.ret
“Sophereth”
2Occurrences
H5618Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Sophereth, a temple servant
feminine active participle of H5608 (סָפַר); a scribe (properly, female);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at ; also called Hassophereth at ; § Sophereth = "writing" an ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
סֹפֶ֫רֶת appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
Key Passages
Ezra 2:55BSB
The descendants of the servants of Solomon:the descendants of Sotai,the descendants of Sophereth,the descendants of Peruda,
Nehemiah 7:57BSB
The descendants of the servants of Solomon:the descendants of Sotai,the descendants of Sophereth,the descendants of Perida,
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