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Lexicon :: Strong's H5613 - sāp̄ēr

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סָפֵר
Transliteration
sāp̄ēr
Pronunciation
saw-fare'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as סְפַר (H5609)
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TWOT Reference: 2891b

Strong’s Definitions

סָפֵר çâphêr, saw-fare'; (Aramaic) from the same as H5609; a scribe (secular or sacred):—scribe.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H5613 in the following manner: scribe (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H5613 in the following manner: scribe (6x).

  1. scribe, secretary

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סָפֵר çâphêr, saw-fare'; (Aramaic) from the same as H5609; a scribe (secular or sacred):—scribe.
STRONGS H5613: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† [סָפֵר] noun masculine secretary, scribe (Targum Syriac; Biblical Hebrew H5608 סֹפֵר); — emphatic סָֽפְרָא the secretary, Persian official, Ezra 4:8, 9, 17, 23; construct סָפַר the scribe Ezra 7:12, 21, of Ezra as learned in God's law.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

4:8; 4:9; 4:17; 4:23; 7:12; 7:21

H5613

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5613 matches the Hebrew סָפֵר (sāp̄ēr),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:8 - Rehum[fn] the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes in this fashion:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:9 - From[fn] Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions—representatives of the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the people of Persia and Erech and Babylon and Shushan,[fn] the Dehavites, the Elamites,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:17 - The king sent an answer:
To Rehum the commander, to Shimshai the scribe, to the rest of their companions who dwell in Samaria, and to the remainder beyond the River:
Peace, and so forth.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:23 - Now when the copy of King Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem against the Jews, and by force of arms made them cease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:12 - Artaxerxes,[fn] king of kings,
To Ezra the priest, a scribe of the Law of the God of heaven:
Perfect peace, and so forth.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:21 - And I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, issue a decree to all the treasurers who are in the region beyond the River, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, may require of you, let it be done diligently,
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