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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 the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:9 - Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates, the judges, the governors, the officials, the Persians, the men of Erech, the Babylonians, the men of Susa, that is, 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 and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their associates who live in Samaria and in the rest of the province Beyond the River, greeting. And now

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:23

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:12 - “Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven. Peace.[fn] And now

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:21 - “And I, Artaxerxes the king, make a decree to all the treasurers in the province Beyond the River: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, requires of you, let it be done with all diligence,
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