H5608 · סָפַר
çâphar · saw-far' · scribe, tell, declare
H5608 (çâphar, pronounced saw-far') is the Hebrew word סָפַר in Strong’s dictionary: properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate. It appears 159 times in 152 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- סָפַר (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- çâphar
- Pronunciation
- saw-far'
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- Definition
- 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
- Rendered in the KJV
- commune, (ac-) count; declare, number, [phrase] penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
159 occurrences in 152 verses (155 with English words of their own, 4 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “the scribe” ×30
- “told” ×5
- “and count” ×3
- “and scribe” ×3
- “and told” ×3
- “be counted” ×3
- “to count” ×3
- “was the scribe” ×3
By book
Genesis 12 · Exodus 4 · Leviticus 5 · Numbers 1 · Deuteronomy 1 · Joshua 1 · Judges 3 · 1 Samuel 1 · 2 Samuel 3 · 1 Kings 4 · 2 Kings 13 · 1 Chronicles 7 · 2 Chronicles 9 · Ezra 3 · Nehemiah 7 · Esther 2 · Job 8 · Psalms 37 · Isaiah 8 · Jeremiah 16 · Ezekiel 4 · Hosea 1 · Joel 1 · Habakkuk 1
First 30 of 152 verses
- Genesis 15:5
- Genesis 16:10
- Genesis 24:66
- Genesis 29:13
- Genesis 32:12
- Genesis 37:9
- Genesis 37:10
- Genesis 40:8
- Genesis 40:9
- Genesis 41:8
- Genesis 41:12
- Genesis 41:49
- Exodus 9:16
- Exodus 10:2
- Exodus 18:8
- Exodus 24:3
- Leviticus 15:13
- Leviticus 15:28
- Leviticus 23:15
- Leviticus 23:16
- Leviticus 25:8
- Numbers 13:27
- Deuteronomy 16:9
- Joshua 2:23
- Judges 5:14
- Judges 6:13
- Judges 7:13
- 1 Samuel 11:5
- 2 Samuel 8:17
- 2 Samuel 20:25
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H5608.