Word Study · Strong's H5609 · Hebrew
סְפַר
sephar
sef-ar'
Strong's 1890 spelling: çᵉphar
“a book”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a book
Rendered in the KJV as
book, roll.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- בִּסְפַ֣ר1
- בִּֽסְפַר־1
- וְסִפְרִ֥ין1
- סְפַ֥ר1
- סִפְרַיָּ֗א1
How it is rendered · 4
- in [the] book of2
- [the] book of1
- and books1
- books the1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural1
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- AR/Ncbsc · 2
- AC/Ncmpa · 1
- ANcbsc · 1
- ANcmpd/Ta · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Ezra4 occurrences
- Ezra 4:15בִּֽסְפַר־bisfar-preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)that a search should be made of the record books of your fathers. In these books you will discover and verify that the city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces, inciting sedition from ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed.here: in [the] book of
- Ezra 4:15בִּסְפַ֣רbisfarpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)that a search should be made of the record books of your fathers. In these books you will discover and verify that the city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces, inciting sedition from ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed.here: in [the] book of
- Ezra 6:1סִפְרַיָּ֗אsifraiya'noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon.here: books the
- Ezra 6:18סְפַ֥רsefarnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)They also appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their groups to the service of God in Jerusalem, according to what is written in the Book of Moses.here: [the] book of