סָפַר
sa.phar
v
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
1. enumerator, muster-officer, secretary, scribe
a. enumerator, muster-officer, secretary
b. learned man, scribe
Aramaic equivalent: sa.pher (סָפִר "scribe" H5613)
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
Translated as (BSB)
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Old Testament
New Testament
Concordance 152 verses
- 1 Chronicles 18:16 סוֹפֵֽר׃
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was the scribe;
- 1 Chronicles 21:2 סִפְרוּ֙
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 וַיִּסָּֽפְרוּ֙
The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.
- 1 Chronicles 24:6 הַסּוֹפֵ֜ר
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 וְסוֹפֵ֖ר
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 2:2 וַיִּסְפֹּ֨ר
So he conscripted 70,000 porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
- 2 Chronicles 2:17 וַיִּסְפֹּ֣רסְפָרָ֖ם
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 יִסָּפְר֛וּ
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 סוֹפֵ֤ר
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 הַסּוֹפֵ֔ר
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 סוֹפְרִ֥ים
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 הַסּוֹפֵ֔ר
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 הַסּוֹפֵר֙
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 הַסּוֹפֵ֗ר
and commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:
- Ezra 1:8 וַֽיִּסְפְּרֵם֙
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 סֹפֵ֤ר
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 הַסֹּפֵ֑רסֹפֵ֞ר
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 8:1 הַסֹּפֵ֔ר
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 הַסֹּפֵ֗ר
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 הַסֹּפֵ֡ר
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 הַסֹּפֵ֑ר
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 הַסּוֹפֵֽר׃פ
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 הַסּוֹפֵ֖ר
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 הַסּוֹפֵ֗ר
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 5:11 וַיְסַפֵּ֨ר
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 וַיְסַפֵּ֨ר
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 12:8 וִֽיסַפְּר֥וּ
Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.
- Job 14:16 תִּסְפּ֑וֹר
For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.
- Job 15:17 וַאֲסַפֵּֽרָה׃
Listen to me and I will inform you. I will describe what I have seen,
- Job 28:27 וַֽיְסַפְּרָ֑הּ
then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.
- Job 31:4 יִסְפּֽוֹר׃
Does He not see my ways and count my every step?
- Job 37:20 הַֽיְסֻפַּר־
Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up ?
- Job 38:37 יְסַפֵּ֣ר
Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens
- Job 39:2 תִּסְפֹּ֣ר
Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?
- Psalms 2:7 אֲסַפְּרָ֗ה
I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.
- Psalms 9:1 אֲ֝סַפְּרָ֗ה
I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.
- Psalms 9:14 אֲסַפְּרָ֗ה
that I may declare all Your praises— that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
- Psalms 19:1 מְֽסַפְּרִ֥ים
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.
- Psalms 22:17 אֲסַפֵּ֥ר
I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.
- Psalms 22:22 אֲסַפְּרָ֣ה
I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.
- Psalms 22:30 יְסֻפַּ֖ר
Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.
- Psalms 26:7 וּ֝לְסַפֵּ֗ר
to raise my voice in thanksgiving and declare all Your wonderful works.
- Psalms 40:5 מִסַּפֵּֽר׃
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.
- Psalms 44:1 סִפְּרוּ־
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.
- Psalms 45:1 סוֹפֵ֬ר
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.
- Psalms 48:12 סִ֝פְר֗וּ
March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,
- Psalms 48:13 תְּ֝סַפְּר֗וּ
consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.
- Psalms 50:16 לְסַפֵּ֣ר
To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
- Psalms 56:8 סָפַ֪רְתָּ֫ה
You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle— are they not in Your book?
- Psalms 59:12 יְסַפֵּֽרוּ׃
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.