Sepher סֵ֫פֶר

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Sepher
סֵ֫פֶר
Transliterationsepher
Strong's numberH5612 (H5612H, H5612A, H5612I, H5612B)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glossscroll: book
Occurrences186 in 174 verses
Most frequent in2 Kings (41)

Sepher (Hebrew סֵ֫פֶר, Strong's H5612) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “scroll: book”. It occurs 186 times in 174 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H5612H: scroll: book

: book
1) missive, document, writing, book
1a) missive
1a1) letter (of instruction), written order, commission, request, written decree
1b) legal document, certificate of divorce, deed of purchase, indictment, sign
1c) book, scroll
1c1) book of prophecies
1c2) genealogical register
1c3) law-book
1c4) book (of poems)
1c5) book (of kings)
1c6) books of the canon, scripture
1c7) record book (of God)
1d) book-learning, writing
1d1) be able to read (after verb 'to know')

H5612A: scroll: document

: document
1) missive, document, writing, book
1a) missive
1a1) letter (of instruction), written order, commission, request, written decree
1b) legal document, certificate of divorce, deed of purchase, indictment, sign
1c) book, scroll
1c1) book of prophecies
1c2) genealogical register
1c3) law-book
1c4) book (of poems)
1c5) book (of kings)
1c6) books of the canon, scripture
1c7) record book (of God)
1d) book-learning, writing
1d1) be able to read (after verb 'to know')

H5612I: scroll: read

: read
1) missive, document, writing, book
1a) missive
1a1) letter (of instruction), written order, commission, request, written decree
1b) legal document, certificate of divorce, deed of purchase, indictment, sign
1c) book, scroll
1c1) book of prophecies
1c2) genealogical register
1c3) law-book
1c4) book (of poems)
1c5) book (of kings)
1c6) books of the canon, scripture
1c7) record book (of God)
1d) book-learning, writing
1d1) be able to read (after verb 'to know')

H5612B: scroll

book

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

Translated as

KJVbook (136), letters (16), letter (13), evidence (6), bill (4), books (2), evidences (2), learning (2), register (1), scroll (1)
BSBbook (102), scroll (18), letter (14), letters (13), certificate (4), deed (4), your book (2), deeds (2), literature (2), out of the book (1), my book (1), document (1), and 11 other renderings

Verses

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

Genesis

Exodus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Nehemiah

Esther

Job

Psalms

Ecclesiastes

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Daniel

Nahum

Malachi

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).
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