סֵפֶרçêpher
סֵ֫פֶר: missive, document, writing, book
Pronunciation: say'-fer · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5612
Meanings
1. missive
a. letter of instruction, written order, commission, or request (2 Samuel 11:14; 2 Samuel 11:15; 1 Kings 21:8)
2. legal document (Deuteronomy 24:1; Deuteronomy 24:3; Jeremiah 3:8)
3. book, or scroll, in which something is written to preserve it for future use (Exodus 17:14; Joshua 18:9; 1 Samuel 10:25)
a. book of prophecies (Jeremiah 25:13; Jeremiah 30:2; Jeremiah 36:1-200)
b. genealogical register (Genesis 5:1; Nehemiah 7:5)
c. law-book, Nedarim (Exodus 24:7; 2 Kings 23:2; 2 Chronicles 34:30)
d. book (Numbers 21:14; Joshua 10:13; 2 Samuel 1:18)
e. book (1 Kings 11:41; 1 Kings 14:19; 1 Kings 14:29)
f. once (Daniel 9:2)
4. = book-learning, especially writing (Isaiah 29:11; Isaiah 29:12; Daniel 1:4)
סִפְרָה: book (Psalms 56:9)
Same root
- אֲבֵדָהʼăbêdâh · H9concrete, something lost; abstract, destruction, i.e. Hades
- סָפַרçâphar · H5608properly, 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
- קִרְיַת סַנָּהQiryath Çannâh · H7158Kirjath-Sannah or Kirjath-Sepher, a place in Palestine
Where it appears
Appears 186 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 5:1 This is the written account of the descendants of Adam. When God created human beings, he made them to be like himself.
- Exodus 17:14 After the victory, the Lord instructed Moses, “Write this down on a scroll as a permanent reminder, and read it aloud to Joshua: I will erase the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
- Exodus 24:7 Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it aloud to the people. Again they all responded, “We will do everything the Lord has commanded. We will obey.”
- Exodus 32:32 But now, if you will only forgive their sin—but if not, erase my name from the record you have written!”
- Exodus 32:33 But the Lord replied to Moses, “No, I will erase the name of everyone who has sinned against me.
- Numbers 5:23 And the priest will write these curses on a piece of leather and wash them off into the bitter water.
See every passage
- Genesis 5:1
- Exodus 17:14, 24:7, 32:32, 32:33
- Numbers 5:23, 21:14
- Deuteronomy 17:18, 24:1, 24:3, 28:58, 28:61, 29:20, 29:21, 29:27, 30:10, 31:24, 31:26
- Joshua 1:8, 8:31, 8:34, 10:13, 18:9, 23:6, 24:26
- 1 Samuel 10:25
- 2 Samuel 1:18, 11:14, 11:15
- 1 Kings 11:41, 14:19, 14:29, 15:7, 15:23, 15:31, 16:5, 16:14, 16:20, 16:27, 21:8, 21:9, 21:11, 22:39, 22:45
- 2 Kings 1:18, 5:5, 5:6, 5:7, 8:23, 10:1, 10:2, 10:6, 10:7, 10:34, 12:19, 13:8, 13:12, 14:6, 14:15, 14:18, 14:28, 15:6, 15:11, 15:15, 15:21, 15:26, 15:31, 15:36, 16:19, 19:14, 20:12, 20:20, 21:17, 21:25, 22:8, 22:10, 22:11, 22:13, 22:16, 23:2, 23:3, 23:21, 23:24, 23:28, 24:5
- 1 Chronicles 9:1
- 2 Chronicles 16:11, 17:9, 20:34, 24:27, 25:4, 25:26, 27:7, 28:26, 32:17, 32:32, 34:14, 34:15, 34:16, 34:18, 34:21, 34:24, 34:30, 34:31, 35:12, 35:27, 36:8
- Nehemiah 7:5, 8:1, 8:3, 8:5, 8:8, 8:18, 9:3, 12:23, 13:1
- Esther 1:22, 2:23, 3:13, 6:1, 8:5, 8:10, 9:20, 9:25, 9:30, 9:32, 10:2
- Job 19:23, 31:35
- Psalms 40:7, 56:8, 69:28, 139:16
- Ecclesiastes 12:12
- Isaiah 29:11, 29:12, 29:18, 30:8, 34:4, 34:16, 37:14, 39:1, 50:1
- Jeremiah 3:8, 25:13, 29:1, 29:25, 29:29, 30:2, 32:10, 32:11, 32:12, 32:14, 32:16, 32:44, 36:2, 36:4, 36:8, 36:10, 36:11, 36:13, 36:18, 36:32, 45:1, 51:60, 51:63
- Ezekiel 2:9
- Daniel 1:4, 1:17, 9:2, 12:1, 12:4
- Nahum 1:1
- Malachi 3:16
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).