Hebrew word study

סָפַרçâphar — properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e.…

Pronounced “saw-far'”

properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate

Translated in the King James as: commune, (ac-) count; declare, number, [phrase] penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.

Appears 158 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 13×

Genesis 15:5 Genesis 16:10 Genesis 24:66 Genesis 29:13 Genesis 32:12 Genesis 37:9 Genesis 37:10 Genesis 40:8 Genesis 40:9 Genesis 41:8 Genesis 41:12 Genesis 41:49+ 1 more in Genesis

Exodus — 4×

Exodus 9:16 Exodus 10:2 Exodus 18:8 Exodus 24:3

Leviticus — 5×

Leviticus 15:13 Leviticus 15:28 Leviticus 23:15 Leviticus 23:16 Leviticus 25:8

Numbers — 1×

Numbers 13:27

Deuteronomy — 2×

Deuteronomy 16:9+ 1 more in Deuteronomy

Joshua — 1×

Joshua 2:23

Judges — 3×

Judges 5:14 Judges 6:13 Judges 7:13

1 Samuel — 1×

1 Sam 11:5

2 Samuel — 3×

2 Sam 8:17 2 Sam 20:25 2 Sam 24:10

1 Kings — 5×

1 Ki 3:8 1 Ki 4:3 1 Ki 8:5 1 Ki 13:11+ 1 more in 1 Kings

2 Kings — 13×

2 Ki 8:4 2 Ki 8:5 2 Ki 8:6 2 Ki 12:10 2 Ki 18:18 2 Ki 18:37 2 Ki 19:2 2 Ki 22:3 2 Ki 22:8 2 Ki 22:9 2 Ki 22:10 2 Ki 22:12 2 Ki 25:19

1 Chronicles — 7×

1 Chr 2:55 1 Chr 16:24 1 Chr 18:16 1 Chr 21:2 1 Chr 23:3 1 Chr 24:6 1 Chr 27:32

2 Chronicles — 9×

2 Chr 2:2 2 Chr 2:17 2 Chr 5:6 2 Chr 24:11 2 Chr 26:11 2 Chr 34:13 2 Chr 34:15 2 Chr 34:18 2 Chr 34:20

Ezra — 4×

Ezra 1:8 Ezra 7:6 Ezra 7:11+ 1 more in Ezra

Nehemiah — 7×

Nehemiah 8:1 Nehemiah 8:4 Nehemiah 8:9 Nehemiah 8:13 Nehemiah 12:26 Nehemiah 12:36 Nehemiah 13:13

Esther — 2×

Esther 5:11 Esther 6:13

Job — 8×

Job 12:8 Job 14:16 Job 15:17 Job 28:27 Job 31:4 Job 37:20 Job 38:37 Job 39:2

Psalms — 37×

Psalms 2:7 Psalms 9:1 Psalms 9:14 Psalms 19:1 Psalms 22:17 Psalms 22:22 Psalms 22:30 Psalms 26:7 Psalms 40:5 Psalms 44:1 Psalms 45:1 Psalms 48:12 Psalms 48:13 Psalms 50:16 Psalms 56:8 Psalms 59:12 Psalms 64:5 Psalms 66:16 Psalms 69:26 Psalms 71:15 Psalms 73:15 Psalms 73:28 Psalms 75:1 Psalms 78:3 Psalms 78:4+ 12 more in Psalms

Isaiah — 9×

Isaiah 22:10 Isaiah 33:18 Isaiah 36:3 Isaiah 36:22 Isaiah 37:2 Isaiah 43:21 Isaiah 43:26 Isaiah 52:15+ 1 more in Isaiah

Jeremiah — 17×

Jeremiah 8:8 Jeremiah 23:27 Jeremiah 23:28 Jeremiah 23:32 Jeremiah 33:22 Jeremiah 36:10 Jeremiah 36:12 Jeremiah 36:20 Jeremiah 36:21 Jeremiah 36:23 Jeremiah 36:26 Jeremiah 36:32 Jeremiah 37:15 Jeremiah 37:20 Jeremiah 51:10 Jeremiah 52:25+ 1 more in Jeremiah

Ezekiel — 4×

Ezekiel 9:2 Ezekiel 9:3 Ezekiel 12:16 Ezekiel 44:26

Hosea — 1×

Hosea 1:10

Joel — 1×

Joel 1:3

Habakkuk — 1×

Habakkuk 1:5

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