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סֵפֶר H5612

çêpher

say'-fer

or (feminine) סִפְרָה; (Psalm 56:8 (אֲבֵדָה)), from סָפַר; properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book; bill, book, evidence, [idiom] learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

סֵ֫פֶר 185 n.m. missive, document, writing, book
1 missive
2 legal document
3 book or scroll, in which something is written to preserve it for future use
[סִפְרָה] n.f. book;—sf. ψ 56:9

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


174 occurrences

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  • Isaiah 37:14
    And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.
  • Isaiah 39:1
    At that time Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.
  • Isaiah 50:1
    Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
  • Jeremiah 3:8
    And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
  • Jeremiah 25:13
    And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.
  • Jeremiah 29:1
    Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;
  • Jeremiah 29:25
    Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
  • Jeremiah 29:29
    And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
  • Jeremiah 30:2
    Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
  • Jeremiah 32:10
    And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.