Hebrew noun (masculine) · H5592
סַף
saphsaf
basin; threshold
32 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: çaph
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5592is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 14 of 39Old Testament books
- 27spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5592
a vestibule (as a limit); also a dish (for holding blood or wine)
The King James renders it: bason, bowl, cup, door (post), gate, post, threshold.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
saph is rendered "basin; threshold". It stands 32 times in the Hebrew text, across fourteen books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "basin".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 12:22Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-seven different ways.
The first use
Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.
Exodus 12:22בַּסַּף֒
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in fourteen of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: basin, and threshold.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| basinStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereExodus 12:22Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin… |
| thresholdStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the threshold11
- the thresholds6
- in the basin2
- a basin of1
- and basins1
- and the basins1
- and threshold of1
- at the thresholds1
- at threshold of1
- basins of1
- on the threshold1
- the basins1
and 4 more, 32 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
The words it stands beside
All 32, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
27 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַסַּֽף׃4
- הַסַּ֔ף2
- סַ֣ף2
- בַּסַּף֒1
- בַּסַּ֔ף1
- בַּסָּ֑ף1
- בְסַף־1
- בַּסִּפִּ֔ים1
- הַסַּ֖ף1
- הַסַּף֒1
- הַסַּ֜ף1
- הַסַּ֛ף1
and 15 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular11HTd/Ncmsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural7HTd/Ncmpa
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular3HRd/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HNcmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural1HC/Ncfpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural1HC/Td/Ncfpa
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfpc
- noun · masculine singular1HNcmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp1bs
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HNcmsc/Sp3mp
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmsc
Exodus
two uses
Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.
- בַּסַּף֒basafpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the basin
- בַּסָּ֑ףbasafpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the basin
Judges
one use
In the morning, when her master got up and opened the doors of the house to go out on his journey, there was his concubine, collapsed in the doorway of the house, with her hands on the threshold.
- הַסַּֽף׃hasafthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the threshold
2 Samuel
one use
They brought beds, basins, and earthen vessels, as well as wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils,
- וְסַפּוֹת֙vesapotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and basins
1 Kings
two uses
the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers; and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the Most Holy Place) as well as for the doors of the main hall of the temple.
- וְ֠הַסִּפּוֹתvehassipotconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and the basins
Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.
- בְסַף־vesaf-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: at threshold of
2 Kings
five uses
Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the house of the LORD. There the priests who guarded the threshold put all the money brought into the house of the LORD.
- הַסַּ֔ףhasafthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the threshold
However, the money brought into the house of the LORD was not used for making silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets, or any articles of gold or silver for the house of the LORD.
- סִפּ֥וֹתsipotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: basins of
“Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him count the money that has been brought into the house of the LORD, which the doorkeepers have collected from the people.
- הַסַּ֖ףhasafthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the threshold
Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.
- הַסַּף֒hasafthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the threshold
The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
- הַסַּֽף׃hasafthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the threshold
1 Chronicles
two uses
Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned to guard the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD.
- הַסִּפִּ֖יםhasipimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the thresholds
The number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their positions of trust.
- בַּסִּפִּ֔יםbasipimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: at the thresholds
2 Chronicles
three uses
He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
- הַסִּפִּ֛יםhasipimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the thresholds
This is what you are to do: A third of you priests and Levites who come on duty on the Sabbath shall keep watch at the doors,
- הַסִּפִּֽים׃hasipimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the thresholds
So they went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites at the doors had collected from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the remnant of Israel, Judah, and Benjamin, and from the people of Jerusalem.
- הַסַּ֜ףhasafthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the threshold
Esther
two uses
In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
- הַסַּ֔ףhasafthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the threshold
And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
- הַסַּ֑ףhasafthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the threshold
Isaiah
one use
At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke.
- הַסִּפִּ֔יםhasipimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the thresholds
Jeremiah
three uses
and I brought them into the house of the LORD, to a chamber occupied by the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God. This room was near the chamber of the officials, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum the doorkeeper.
- הַסַּֽף׃hasafthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the threshold
The captain of the guard also took away the basins, censers, sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands, pans, and drink offering bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.
- הַ֠סִּפִּיםhasipimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the basins
The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
- הַסַּֽף׃hasafthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the threshold
Ezekiel
seven uses
Then he came to the gate facing east and climbed its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate to be one rod deep.
- סַ֣ףsafnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: threshold of
- סַ֣ףsafnoun · masculine singulartagged: threshold
Each gate chamber was one rod long and one rod wide, and there were five cubits between the gate chambers. The inner threshold of the gate by the portico facing inward was one rod deep.
- וְסַ֣ףvesafconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and threshold of
as well as the thresholds and the beveled windows and the galleries all around with their three levels opposite the threshold, were overlaid with wood on all sides. They were paneled from the ground to the windows, and the windows were covered.
- הַסִּפִּ֡יםhasipimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the thresholds
- הַסַּ֛ףhasafthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the threshold
When they placed their threshold next to My threshold and their doorposts beside My doorposts, with only a wall between Me and them, they defiled My holy name by the abominations they committed. Therefore I have consumed them in My anger.
- סִפָּ֜םsipamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: threshold their
- סִפִּ֗יsipinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: threshold my
Amos
one use
I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.
- הַסִּפִּ֗יםhasipimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the thresholds
Zephaniah
one use
Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie on the threshold, for He will expose the beams of cedar.
- בַּסַּ֔ףbasafpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: on the threshold
Zechariah
one use
“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples. Judah will be besieged, as well as Jerusalem.
- סַף־saf-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a basin of
The letters
Gematria 140· 860 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
