Strongs Number: H5608
- Hebrew Word
- סָפַר
- Transliteration
- çâphar
- Phonetic
- saw-far'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
properly to score with a mark as a tally or {record} that {is} (by implication) to {inscribe} and also to enumerate; intensively to {recount} that {is} celebrate
- BDB Definition
-
1. to count, recount, relate
a. (Qal)
1. to count (things)
2. to number, take account of, reckon
b. (Niphal) to be counted, be numbered
c. (Piel) to recount, rehearse, declare
1. to recount (something), rehearse
2. to talk
3. to count exactly or accurately
d. (Pual) to be recounted, be rehearsed, be related n m
2. enumerator, muster-officer, secretary, scribe
a. enumerator, muster-officer, secretary
b. learned man, scribe
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- {commune} (ac-) {count} {declare} {number} + {penknife} {reckon} {scribe} shew {forth} {speak} {talk} tell ({out}) writer.