סָפָה saphah
Hebrew word for “to snatch” · Strong’s H5595 · used 19 times in 19 verses
Meaning
1) to sweep or snatch away, catch up, destroy, consume;
How it is translated
Glosses given for saphah in context, with how often each is used:
- should be swept away 3
- add 2
- will be swept away 2
- will you sweep away 1
- will you sweep it away 1
- sweep away 1
- will catch up 1
- will be carried away 1
- being swept away 1
- snatch away 1
- what is swept away 1
- will sweep away 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis | 4 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Samuel | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Isaiah | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Numbers | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 2 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Proverbs | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Amos | 1 | 0.5 |
Chapters where it is used most
Genesis 18 (2), Genesis 19 (2), Numbers 16 (1), Numbers 32 (1), Deuteronomy 29 (1), Deuteronomy 32 (1), 1 Samuel 12 (1), 1 Samuel 26 (1), 1 Samuel 27 (1), 1 Chronicles 21 (1)
Forms
- תספה 5
- תספו 2
- ספות 2
- אספה 2
- נספה 2
- לספות 1
- ונספה 1
- לספותה 1
- הנספה 1
- ספתה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with saphah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- פֶּן־ pen “lest” 3
- מַעַן maan “because” 3
- מָלַט malat “to escape” 2
- רַע ra “bad” 3
- אַף aph “also” 2
- יֵשׁ yesh “there” 2
- אִם im “if” 3
- גְּבוּל gevul “border” 2
- צַדִּיק tsaddiq “righteous” 2
- מַלְאָךְ maleakh “messenger” 2
- בָּקַשׁ baqash “to seek” 2
- רָשָׁע rasah “wicked” 2
Key verses
The verses using saphah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 18:23 — And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
- Genesis 19:17 — And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain;…
- Numbers 16:26 — And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all…
- Numbers 32:14 — And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
- Deuteronomy 29:19 — And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination…
- Deuteronomy 32:23 — I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
- 1 Samuel 26:10 — David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.
- 1 Samuel 27:1 — And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of…
- 1 Chronicles 21:12 — Either three years’ famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the…
- Psalms 40:14 — Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
- Isaiah 30:1 — Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin…
- Jeremiah 12:4 — How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds;…
See all 19 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.