סֵפֶר sepher

Hebrew word for “scroll” · Strong’s H5612 · used 186 times in 174 verses

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Meaning

: book; 1) missive, document, writing, book;

Senses in the lexicon

• scroll: book (130)
• scroll: document (53)
• scroll: read (2)
• scroll (1)

How it is translated

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

• scroll 100
• book 28
• document 19
• letters 15
• letter 12
• writing 5
• documents 3
• record 1
• books 1
• scrolls 1
• like scroll 1

Where it is used

Also in 10 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

2 Chronicles 34 (8), Jeremiah 36 (8), 2 Kings 15 (7), Jeremiah 32 (6), 2 Kings 10 (5), 2 Kings 22 (5), 2 Kings 23 (5), Nehemiah 8 (5), 1 Kings 16 (4), 2 Kings 14 (4)

Forms

• ספר 97
• בספר 33
• הספר 29
• ספרים 12
• הספרים 4
• בספרים 3
• מספרך 1
• מספרי 1
• מספר 1
• ספרך 1

Words used with it

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

• כָּתַב katav “to write” 112
• דָּבָר davar “word” 82
• יֶתֶר yeter “remainder” 41
• יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 40
• הֵמָּה hemmah “they(masc.)” 31
• תּוֹרָה torah “instruction” 25
• קָרָא qara “to call” 29
• זֶה zeh “this” 26
• שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 23
• גְּבוּרָה gevurah “might” 11
• בָּרוּךְ barukh “Baruch” 9
• מָצָא matsa “to find” 15

Key verses

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

• Exodus 17:14 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek…
• Exodus 32:32 — Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
• Deuteronomy 29:20 — The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book…
• Joshua 1:8 — This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is…
• 2 Kings 23:3 — And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes…
• Isaiah 29:18 — And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
• Isaiah 50:1 — Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for…
• Jeremiah 36:2 — Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from…
• Daniel 1:17 — As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
• Daniel 9:2 — In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would…
• Daniel 12:1 — And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never…
• Malachi 3:16 — Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that…

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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.