Word Study · Strong's H5613 · Hebrew
סָפֵר
sapher
saw-fare'
Strong's 1890 spelling: çâphêr
“a scribe (secular or sacred)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a scribe (secular or sacred)
Rendered in the KJV as
scribe.
- 8occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- סָֽפְרָ֔א3
- סָפַ֨ר1
- סָפַ֤ר1
- סָפְרָ֖א1
- סֹפְרֵ֨י1
- סֹפְרֵֽי־1
How it is rendered · 3
- scribe the4
- [the] scribe of2
- [the] scribes of2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)4
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- ANcbsd/Ta · 4
- ANcbsc · 2
- HNcmpc · 2
All 8, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Ezra6 occurrences
- Ezra 4:8סָֽפְרָ֔אsafera'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote the letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:here: scribe the
- Ezra 4:9סָֽפְרָ֔אsafera'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates—the judges and officials over Tripolis, Persia, Erech and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa,here: scribe the
- Ezra 4:17סָֽפְרָ֔אsafera'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)Then the king sent this reply: To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of your associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the Euphrates: Greetings.here: scribe the
- Ezra 4:23סָפְרָ֖אsafera'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)When the text of the letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their associates, they went immediately to the Jews in Jerusalem and forcibly stopped them.here: scribe the
- Ezra 7:12סָפַ֨רsafarnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Artaxerxes, king of kings. To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven: Greetings.here: [the] scribe of
- Ezra 7:21סָפַ֤רsafarnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)I, King Artaxerxes, decree to all the treasurers west of the Euphrates: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, may require of you, it must be provided promptly,here: [the] scribe of
Esther2 occurrences
- Esther 3:12סֹפְרֵ֨יsofereinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.here: [the] scribes of
- Esther 8:9סֹפְרֵֽי־soferei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush—writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.here: [the] scribes of