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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #5609 - סְפַר

Transliteration

çᵉphar

Phonetics

sef-ar'

Origin

from a root corresponding to (H5608)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

2891a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

book

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (5)

Ezra 4

Daniel 1

BSB (4)

Ezra 4

Daniel 1

CSB (4)

Ezra 4

Daniel 1

ESV (5)

Ezra 4

Daniel 1

KJV (5)

Ezra 4

Daniel 1

LEB (5)

Ezra 4

Daniel 1

LSB (4)

Ezra 3

Daniel 1

N95 (4)

Ezra 3

Daniel 1

NAS (4)

Ezra 4

Daniel 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (5)

Ezra 4

Daniel 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2500) r p x (ספר SPR) AC: Record CO: Scroll AB: ?: A recording of a story or numbers. [from: px- from the speaking of a record] (eng: sapphire)

V) r p x (ספר SPR) - Record: KJV (161): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Pual, Piel) scribe, tell, declare, number, count, show, writer, speak, account, commune, reckon, talk - Strongs: H5608 (סָפַר)

N^m) r p x (ספר SPR) - I. Scroll:A document or record written on a sheet of skin or papyrus and rolled up. [Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Census:A record of numbers. III. Scribe:One who records. [Aramaic only] KJV (12): book, roll, letter, evidence, bill, learning, register, scribe - Strongs: H5609 (סְפַר), H5610 (סְפָר), H5612 (סִפְרָה), H5613 (סָפַר)

b^m) r i p x (ספיר SPYR) - Sapphire: [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (11): sapphire - Strongs: H5601 (סַפִּיר)

c^f1) e r f p x (ספורה SPWRH) - Number: A counting as a recording. KJV (1): number - Strongs: H5615 (סְפֹרָה)

e^f1) e r p i x (סיפרה SYPRH) - Scroll: A document or record. KJV (184): book - Strongs: H5612 (סִפְרָה)

h^m) r p x m (מספר MSPR) - Number: A counting as a recording. KJV (134): number - Strongs: H4557 (מִסְפָּר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

סְפַר noun masculine^{Daniel 7:10} book (see Biblical Hebrew סֵ֫פֶר); — construct דָּכְרָנַיָּא׳ס Ezra 4:15 (twice in verse), משֶׁה׳ס Ezra 6:18; plural absolute סִפְרִין Daniel 7:10 books (of records, see Dr); emphatic בֵּית סִפְרַיָּא Ezra 6:1 house of records.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

סְפַר Chald. i.q. Heb. סֵפֶר a book, pl. סִפְרִין Ezra 4:15; Daniel 7:10.

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List of Word Forms

בִּֽסְפַר־ בִּסְפַ֣ר בספר בספר־ וְסִפְרִ֥ין וספרין סְפַ֥ר סִפְרַיָּ֗א ספר ספריא bis·p̄ar bis·p̄ar- bisfar bisp̄ar bisp̄ar- sə·p̄ar seFar səp̄ar sifraiYa sip̄·ray·yā sip̄rayyā vesifRin wə·sip̄·rîn wəsip̄rîn