Saphar סָפַר

Saphar (Hebrew סָפַר, Strong's H5608) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to recount”. It occurs 159 times in 152 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H5608A: to recount

H5608B: secretary

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Saphar, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 15:5
  And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
• Genesis 16:10
  And the angel of the Lord said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.Then the angel added, “I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count.”
• Genesis 24:66
  And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.Then the servant told Isaac all that he had done.
• Genesis 29:13
  And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that had happened.
• Genesis 32:12
  And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”
• Genesis 37:9
  And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
• Genesis 37:10
  And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”
• Genesis 40:8
  And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.“We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”
• Genesis 40:9
  And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream: “In my dream there was a vine before me,
• Genesis 41:8
  And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
• Genesis 41:12
  And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.Now a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams and he interpreted them for us individually.
• Genesis 41:49
  And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.

Exodus

• Exodus 9:16
  And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
• Exodus 10:2
  And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son’s son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the Lord.and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, so that all of you may know that I am the LORD.”
• Exodus 18:8
  And Moses told his father in law all that the Lord had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the Lord delivered them.Then Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardships they had encountered along the way, and how the LORD had delivered them.
• Exodus 24:3
  And Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the Lord hath said will we do.When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”

Leviticus

• Leviticus 15:13
  And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.When the man has been cleansed from his discharge, he must count off seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe himself in fresh water, and he shall be clean.
• Leviticus 15:28
  But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.When a woman is cleansed of her discharge, she must count off seven days, and after that she will be ceremonially clean.
• Leviticus 23:15
  And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, you are to count off seven full weeks.
• Leviticus 23:16
  Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the Lord.You shall count off fifty days until the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the LORD.
• Leviticus 25:8
  And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.And you shall count off seven Sabbaths of years—seven times seven years—so that the seven Sabbaths of years amount to forty-nine years.

Numbers

• Numbers 13:27
  And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.And they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit!

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 16:9
  Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.

Joshua

• Joshua 2:23
  So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:Then the two men started back, came down from the hill country, and crossed the river. So they came to Joshua son of Nun and reported all that had happened to them.

Judges

• Judges 5:14
  Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.
• Judges 6:13
  And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt? but now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.“Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His wonders of which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Has not the LORD brought us up out of Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”
• Judges 7:13
  And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.And as Gideon arrived, a man was telling his friend about a dream. “Behold, I had a dream,” he said, “and I saw a loaf of barley bread come tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent so hard that the tent overturned and collapsed.”

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 11:5
  And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.Just then Saul was returning from the field, behind his oxen. “What troubles the people?” asked Saul. “Why are they weeping?” And they relayed to him the words of the men from Jabesh.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 8:17
  And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;
• 2 Samuel 20:25
  And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:Sheva was the scribe; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
• 2 Samuel 24:10
  And David’s heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 3:8
  And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.Your servant is here among the people You have chosen, a people too numerous to count or number.
• 1 Kings 4:3
  Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
• 1 Kings 8:5
  And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.
• 1 Kings 13:11
  Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth–el; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth–el: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.Now a certain old prophet was living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words that the man had spoken to the king.

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 8:4
  And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.Now the king had been speaking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please relate to me all the great things Elisha has done.”
• 2 Kings 8:5
  And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.And Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life. Just then the woman whose son Elisha had revived came to appeal to the king for her house and her land. So Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman, and this is the son Elisha restored to life.”
• 2 Kings 8:6
  And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.When the king asked the woman, she confirmed it. So the king appointed for her an officer, saying, “Restore all that was hers, along with all the proceeds of the field from the day that she left the country until now.”
• 2 Kings 12:10
  And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king’s scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the Lord.Whenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal scribe and the high priest would go up, count the money brought into the house of the LORD, and tie it up in bags.
• 2 Kings 18:18
  And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.Then they called for the king; and Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebnah the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to them.
• 2 Kings 18:37
  Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rab–shakeh.Then Hilkiah’s son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh.
• 2 Kings 19:2
  And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz
• 2 Kings 22:3
  And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the Lord, saying,Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, King Josiah sent the scribe, Shaphan son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the house of the LORD, saying,
• 2 Kings 22:8
  And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan, who read it.
• 2 Kings 22:9
  And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the Lord.And Shaphan the scribe went to the king and reported, “Your servants have paid out the money that was found in the temple and have put it into the hands of the workers and supervisors of the house of the LORD.”
• 2 Kings 22:10
  And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.
• 2 Kings 22:12
  And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king’s, saying,and commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:
• 2 Kings 25:19
  And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king’s presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city:Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 2:55
  And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites, and the clans of the scribes who lived at Jabez—the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
• 1 Chronicles 16:24
  Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations.Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all peoples.
• 1 Chronicles 18:16
  And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was the scribe;
• 1 Chronicles 21:2
  And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer–sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”
• 1 Chronicles 23:3
  Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.
• 1 Chronicles 24:6
  And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.The scribe, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officers: Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites—one family being taken from Eleazar, and then one from Ithamar.
• 1 Chronicles 27:32
  Also Jonathan David’s uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king’s sons:David’s uncle Jonathan was a counselor; he was a man of insight and a scribe. Jehiel son of Hachmoni attended to the sons of the king.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 2:2
  And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.So he conscripted 70,000 porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
• 2 Chronicles 2:17
  And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.Solomon numbered all the foreign men in the land of Israel following the census his father David had conducted, and there were found to be 153,600 in all.
• 2 Chronicles 5:6
  Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.
• 2 Chronicles 24:11
  Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king’s office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the high priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.Whenever the chest was brought by the Levites to the king’s overseers and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal scribe and the officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this daily and gathered the money in abundance.
• 2 Chronicles 26:11
  Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains.Uzziah had an army ready for battle that went out to war by assigned divisions, as recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officers.
• 2 Chronicles 34:13
  Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.were over the laborers and supervised all who did the work, task by task. Some of the Levites were secretaries, officers, and gatekeepers.
• 2 Chronicles 34:15
  And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.And Hilkiah said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan.
• 2 Chronicles 34:18
  Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.
• 2 Chronicles 34:20
  And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king’s, saying,and commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:

Ezra

• Ezra 1:8
  Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.Cyrus king of Persia had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
• Ezra 7:6
  This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him.this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.
• Ezra 7:11
  Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of his statutes to Israel.This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in the commandments and statutes of the LORD to Israel:

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 8:1
  And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel.At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.
• Nehemiah 8:4
  And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for this occasion. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and at his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
• Nehemiah 8:9
  And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the Lord your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the Law.
• Nehemiah 8:13
  And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.On the second day of the month, the heads of all the families, along with the priests and Levites, gathered around Ezra the scribe to study the words of the Law.
• Nehemiah 12:26
  These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.They served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest and scribe.
• Nehemiah 12:36
  And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.and his associates—Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani—with the musical instruments prescribed by David the man of God. Ezra the scribe led the procession.
• Nehemiah 13:13
  And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren.I appointed as treasurers over the storerooms Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, with Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, to assist them, because they were considered trustworthy. They were responsible for distributing the supplies to their fellow Levites.

Esther

• Esther 5:11
  And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.
• Esther 6:13
  And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”

Job

• Job 12:8
  Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.
• Job 14:16
  For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.
• Job 15:17
  I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;Listen to me and I will inform you. I will describe what I have seen,
• Job 28:27
  Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.
• Job 31:4
  Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?Does He not see my ways and count my every step?
• Job 37:20
  Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up?
• Job 38:37
  Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens
• Job 39:2
  Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?

Psalms

• Psalm 2:7
  I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.
• Psalm 9:1
  I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.
• Psalm 9:14
  That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.that I may declare all Your praises— that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
• Psalm 19:1
  The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.
• Psalm 22:17
  I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.
• Psalm 22:22
  I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.
• Psalm 22:30
  A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.
• Psalm 26:7
  That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.to raise my voice in thanksgiving and declare all Your wonderful works.
• Psalm 40:5
  Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.
• Psalm 44:1
  We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
• Psalm 45:1
  My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses to the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.
• Psalm 48:12
  Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,
• Psalm 48:13
  Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.
• Psalm 50:16
  But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
• Psalm 56:8
  Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle— are they not in Your book?
• Psalm 59:12
  For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.
• Psalm 64:5
  They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.
• Psalm 66:16
  Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.
• Psalm 69:26
  For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.
• Psalm 71:15
  My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
• Psalm 73:15
  If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.
• Psalm 73:28
  But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.But as for me, it is good to draw near to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may proclaim all Your works.
• Psalm 75:1
  Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.We give thanks to You, O God; we give thanks, for Your Name is near. The people declare Your wondrous works.
• Psalm 78:3
  Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.
• Psalm 78:4
  We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has performed.
• Psalm 78:6
  That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:that the coming generation would know them— even children yet to be born— to arise and tell their own children
• Psalm 79:13
  So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.
• Psalm 87:6
  The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.The LORD will record in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.” Selah
• Psalm 88:11
  Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon?
• Psalm 96:3
  Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all peoples.
• Psalm 102:21
  To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;that they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion and praise Him in Jerusalem,
• Psalm 107:22
  And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.
• Psalm 118:17
  I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.
• Psalm 119:13
  With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth.
• Psalm 119:26
  I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.I recounted my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.
• Psalm 139:18
  If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.
• Psalm 145:6
  And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.They will proclaim the power of Your awesome deeds, and I will declare Your greatness.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 22:10
  And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.You counted the houses of Jerusalem and tore them down to strengthen the wall.
• Isaiah 33:18
  Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?Your mind will ponder the former terror: “Where is he who tallies? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?”
• Isaiah 36:3
  Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah’s son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph’s son, the recorder.Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to him.
• Isaiah 36:22
  Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.Then Hilkiah’s son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh.
• Isaiah 37:2
  And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz
• Isaiah 43:21
  This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.
• Isaiah 43:26
  Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.
• Isaiah 52:15
  So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 8:8
  How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?
• Jeremiah 23:27
  Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.They suppose the dreams that they tell one another will make My people forget My name, just as their fathers forgot My name through the worship of Baal.
• Jeremiah 23:28
  The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord.Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.
• Jeremiah 23:32
  Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the Lord, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the Lord.“Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.
• Jeremiah 33:22
  As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”
• Jeremiah 36:10
  Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the Lord, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the Lord’s house, in the ears of all the people.From the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, which was in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the house of the LORD, Baruch read from the scroll the words of Jeremiah in the hearing of all the people.
• Jeremiah 36:12
  Then he went down into the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.he went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.
• Jeremiah 36:20
  And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.So the officials went to the king in the courtyard. And having stored the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, they reported everything to the king.
• Jeremiah 36:21
  So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe’s chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king and all the officials who were standing beside him.
• Jeremiah 36:23
  And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.And as soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut them off with a scribe’s knife and throw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll had been consumed by the fire.
• Jeremiah 36:26
  But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the Lord hid them.Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.
• Jeremiah 36:32
  Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words.Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and at Jeremiah’s dictation he wrote on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.
• Jeremiah 37:15
  Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.
• Jeremiah 37:20
  Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.But now please listen, O my lord the king. May my petition come before you. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.”
• Jeremiah 51:10
  The Lord hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.“The LORD has brought forth our vindication; come, let us tell in Zion what the LORD our God has accomplished.”
• Jeremiah 52:25
  He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king’s person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as seven trusted royal advisers. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 9:2
  And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer’s inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.And I saw six men coming from the direction of the Upper Gate, which faces north, each with a weapon of slaughter in his hand. With them was another man clothed in linen who had a writing kit at his side. And they came in and stood beside the bronze altar.
• Ezekiel 9:3
  And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer’s inkhorn by his side;Then the glory of the God of Israel rose from above the cherubim, where it had been, and moved to the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at his side.
• Ezekiel 12:16
  But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the Lord.But I will spare a few of them from sword and famine and plague, so that in the nations to which they go, they can recount all their abominations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
• Ezekiel 44:26
  And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.and after he is cleansed, he must count off seven days for himself.

Hosea

• Hosea 1:10
  Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’

Joel

• Joel 1:3
  Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.

Habakkuk

• Habakkuk 1:5
  Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.“Look at the nations and observe— be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).