סָפַר saphar

Hebrew word for “to recount” · Strong’s H5608 · used 159 times in 152 verses

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Meaning

v; 1) to count, recount, relate;

Senses in the lexicon

• to recount (107)
• secretary (52)

How it is translated

Glosses given for saphar in context, with how often each is used:

• scribe 45
• recounted 20
• recount 12
• will count 9
• will recount 8
• count 6
• may recount 6
• counted 6
• will be counted 5
• recounting 5
• have recounted 4
• scribes 3

Where it is used

Also in 12 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Jeremiah 36 (7), 2 Kings 22 (5), 2 Chronicles 34 (4), Nehemiah 8 (4), Genesis 41 (3), 2 Kings 8 (3), Psalms 22 (3), Psalms 78 (3), Jeremiah 23 (3), Genesis 37 (2)

Forms

• הספר 27
• ויספר 13
• ספר 12
• יספר 11
• ספרו 10
• הסופר 10
• יספרו 9
• ויספרו 7
• לספר 6
• אספרה 5

Words used with it

Words that share verses with saphar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• חִלְקִיָּהוּ chilqiyyah “Hilkiah” 11
• שָׁפָן shaphan “Shaphan” 10
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 17
• חֲלוֹם chalom “dream” 10
• עֶזְרָא ezra “Ezra” 8
• דָּבָר davar “word” 19
• שֶׁבְנָא shevna “Shebna” 6
• פָּלָא pala “to wonder” 8
• שַׂר sar “ruler” 11
• אֶלְיָקִים elyaqim “Eliakim” 6
• נָצַח natsach “to conduct” 7
• מָצָא matsa “to find” 10

Key verses

The verses using saphar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 15:5 — And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed…
• Genesis 41:8 — And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and…
• Exodus 9:16 — And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
• Ezra 7:6 — This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his…
• Nehemiah 8:9 — And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto…
• Psalms 2:7 — I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
• Psalms 40:5 — Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I…
• Psalms 44:1 — [To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.] We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in…
• Psalms 50:16 — But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
• Psalms 71:15 — My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
• Isaiah 52:15 — So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not…
• Hosea 1:10 — Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place…

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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.