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Lexicon :: Strong's H5595 - sāp̄â

Aa
סָפָה
Transliteration
sāp̄â
Pronunciation
saw-faw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1531

Strong’s Definitions

סָפָה çâphâh, saw-faw'; a primitive root; properly, to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively) together (i.e. to accumulate or increase) or away (i.e. to scatter, remove, or ruin; intransitively, to perish):—add, augment, consume, destroy, heap, join, perish, put.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H5595 in the following manner: consume (6x), destroy (5x), add (3x), perish (2x), augment (1x), heap (1x), joined (1x), put (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H5595 in the following manner: consume (6x), destroy (5x), add (3x), perish (2x), augment (1x), heap (1x), joined (1x), put (1x).

  1. to sweep or snatch away, catch up, destroy, consume

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be snatched away

      2. to sweep or snatch away

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be swept away, be destroyed

      2. to be caught up, be captured

    3. (Hiphil) to catch up, gather

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סָפָה çâphâh, saw-faw'; a primitive root; properly, to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively) together (i.e. to accumulate or increase) or away (i.e. to scatter, remove, or ruin; intransitively, to perish):—add, augment, consume, destroy, heap, join, perish, put.
STRONGS H5595: Abbreviations
† [סָפָה] verb sweep away or snatch away, catch up (Late Hebrew ספ׳, סָפָא collect (rare), Targum סְפִ׳ (rare), Syriac bdb070501 collect, pick up; Arabic bdb070502 of wind, raise dust and carry it away Lane1377); —
Qal
1. intransitive: Perfect 3rd person feminine singular סָֽפְתָה Jeremiah 12:4 be snatched away (read possibly סָ֫פָה [סוף]).
2. transitive: Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תִּסְפֶּה Isaiah 7:20 sweep away beard; 2nd person masculine singular תִּסְפֶּה Genesis 18:23, 24 sweep away indiscriminately (good and bad); Infinitive construct סְפוֺת Deuteronomy 29:18 to snatch away the moist with the dry (proverbial expression, compare Dr), suffix לִסְפּוֹתָהּ Psalm 40:15 to snatch it away (i.e. my life). — וְסָפ֫וּ Amos 3:15 see סוף.
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular וְנִסְפָּה consecutive 1 Samuel 26:10; Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תִּסָּפֶה Genesis 19:15, 17; 1st person singular אֶסָּפֶה 1 Samuel 27:1; 2nd person masculine plural תִּסָּפוּ Numbers 16:26, תִּסָּפ֑וּ 1 Samuel 12:25; Participle נִסְפֶּה Isaiah 13:15; Proverbs 13:23 (1 Chronicles 21:12 see below); —
1. be swept away, destroyed, Genesis 19:15 (בַּעֲוֺן הָעִיר by reason of the iniquity of the city), Genesis 19:17 (both J), Numbers 16:26 (JE) 1 Samuel 12:25; 1 Samuel 26:10 (in battle), + בְּיַד of agent 1 Samuel 27:1; compare מִשְׁפָּט בְּלאֹ נִסְפֶּה וְיֵשׁ Proverbs 13:23 and there is that is swept away for lack of justice. — 1 Chronicles 21:12 read נוּסְךָ (as || 2 Samuel 24:13, see נוּס).
2. be caught up, captured, Isaiah 13:15 (|| נִמְצָא).
Hiph. Imperfect 1st person singular רָעוֺת עָלֵימ אַסְפֶּה Deuteronomy 32:23 I will catch up against them calamities, but read אֹסְפָה I will gather (√ אסף), or < אֹסִפָה (Di Dr BuhlLex 13) I will add, i.e.multiply (√ יסף; see Ges§ 69 h note).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:23; 18:24; 19:15; 19:15; 19:17; 19:17

Numbers

16:26; 16:26

Deuteronomy

29:18; 32:23

1 Samuel

12:25; 12:25; 26:10; 26:10; 27:1; 27:1

2 Samuel

24:13

1 Chronicles

21:12; 21:12

Psalms

40:15

Proverbs

13:23; 13:23

Isaiah

7:20; 13:15; 13:15

Jeremiah

12:4

Amos

3:15

H5595

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5595 matches the Hebrew סָפָה (sāp̄â),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:23 - Abraham H85 approached H5066 and said H559, “Will You indeed H637 sweep H5595 away H5595 the righteous H6662 with the wicked H7563?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:24 - “Suppose H194 there H3426 are H3426 fifty H2572 righteous H6662 people H6662 within H8432 the city H5892; will You indeed H637 sweep H5595 it away H5595 and not [fn]spare H5375 the place H4725 for the sake H4616 of the fifty H2572 righteous H6662 who H834 are in it?

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When H3644 morning H7837 dawned H5927, the angels H4397 urged H213 Lot H3876, saying H559, “Up, take H3947 your wife H802 and your two H8147 daughters H1323 who are H4672 here H4672, or H6435 you will be swept H5595 away H5595 in the [fn]punishment H5771 of the city H5892.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:17 - When they had brought H3318 them outside H2351, [fn]one said H559, “Escape H4422 for your life H5315! Do not look H5027 behind H310 you, and do not stay H5975 [fn]anywhere H3605 in the surrounding H3603 area H3603; escape H4422 to the [fn]mountains H2022, or H6435 you will be swept H5595 away H5595.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:26 - and he spoke H1696 to the congregation H5712, saying H559, “Get H5493 away H5493 now H4994 from the tents H168 of these H428 wicked H7563 men H376, and do not touch H5060 anything H3605 that belongs to them, or H6435 you will be swept H5595 away H5595 in all H3605 their sin H2403!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:14 - “Now behold H2009, you have risen H6965 up H6965 in H8478 your fathers’ H1 place H8478, born H8635 of sinful H2400 men H376, to add H3254 still H5750 more H5750 to the burning H2740 anger H639 of the LORD H3068 against H413 Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:19 - “And it shall be when he hears H8085 the words H1697 of this H2088 curse H423, that he will consider H1288 himself fortunate H1288 in his heart H3824, saying H559, ‘I will do H1961 well H7965 though H3588 I walk H1980 in the stubbornness H8307 of my heart H3820 in H4616 order H4616 [fn]to H4616 destroy H5595 the watered H7302 land along H854 with the dry H6771.’

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‘I will add H3254 misfortunes H7451 to them;

I will use H3615 up H3615 My arrows H2671 on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:25 - “But if H518 you still H7489 do H7489 evil H7489, both H1571 you and your king H4428 will be swept H5595 away H5595.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:10 - David H1732 also said H559, “As the LORD H3068 lives H2416, the LORD H3068 certainly H3588 H518 will strike H5062 him, or H176 his day H3117 will come H935 that he dies H4191, or H176 he will go H3381 down H3381 in battle H4421 and [fn]perish H5595.

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Then David H1732 said H559 to [fn]himself H3820, “Now H6258 I will [fn]perish H5595 one H259 day H3117 by the hand H3027 of Saul H7586. There H369 is H369 nothing H369 better H2896 for me than H3588 to safely H4422 escape H4422 into the land H776 of the Philistines H6430. Then Saul H7586 will despair H2976 of searching H1245 for me anymore H5750 in all H3605 the territory H1366 of Israel H3478, and I will escape H4422 from his hand H3027.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12 - three H7969 years H8141 of famine H7458, or three H7969 months H2320 to be swept H5595 away H5595 before H4480 H6440 your foes H6862 while the sword H2719 of your enemies H340 overtakes H5381 you, or else three H7969 days H3117 of the sword H2719 of the LORD H3068: a plague H1698 in the land H776, and the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 destroying H7843 throughout H3605 the territory H1366 of Israel H3478.’ Now H6258, therefore, consider H7200 what H4100 answer H1697 I shall bring H7725 back H7725 to Him who sent H7971 me.”

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May those be H954 ashamed H954 and humiliated H3637 together H3162

Who seek H1245 my [fn]life H5315 to destroy H5595 it;

May those be turned H5472 back H268 and dishonored H3637

Who H2655 delight H2655 [fn]in my hurt H7451.

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Abundant H7230 food H400 is in the uncultivated H5215 ground H5215 of the poor H7326,

But [fn]it is swept H5595 away H5595 by injustice H3808 H4941.

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On that day H3117 the Lord H136 will shave H1548 with a razor H8593, hired H7917 from regions H5676 beyond H5676 the Euphrates River H5104 (that is, with the king H4428 of Assyria H804), the head H7218 and the hair H8181 of the legs H7272; and it will also H1571 remove H5595 the beard H2206.

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Anyone H3605 who is found H4672 will be thrust H1856 through H1856,

And anyone H3605 who is captured H5595 will fall H5307 by the sword H2719.

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Woe H1945, [fn]Ariel H740, [fn]Ariel H740 the city H7151 where David H1732 once camped H2583!

Add H3254 year H8141 to year H8141, [fn]keep H5362 your feasts H2282 on H5362 schedule H5362.

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“Woe H1945 to the rebellious H5637 children H1121,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068,

“Who execute H6213 a plan H6098, but not Mine H4480,

And [fn]make H5258 an alliance H4541, but not of My Spirit H7307,

In H4616 order H4616 to H4616 add H3254 sin H2403 to sin H2403;

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This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635, the God H430 of Israel H3478 says H559: “Add H3254 your burnt H5930 offerings H5930 to your sacrifices H2077 and eat H398 flesh H1320.

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How H4970 long H5704 H4970 is the land H776 to mourn H56,

And the vegetation H6212 of the [fn]countryside H3605 H7704 to dry H3001 up H3001?

Due to the wickedness H7451 of those who live H3427 in it,

Animals H929 and birds H5775 have been snatched H5595 away H5595,

Because H3588 people have said H559, “He will not see H7200 our final H319 end H319.”

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