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Hebrew word study

סֵפֶרçêpher — properly, writing (the art or a document)

Pronounced “say'-fer”

properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book

Translated in the King James as: bill, book, evidence, learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.

Appears 186 times in Scripture

Origin: or (feminine) סִפְרָה; (Psalm 56:8 (H9 (אֲבֵדָה))), from H5608 (סָפַר);

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Where it appears

Genesis — 1×
Genesis 5:1
Exodus — 4×
Exodus 17:14Exodus 24:7Exodus 32:32Exodus 32:33
Numbers — 2×
Numbers 5:23Numbers 21:14
Deuteronomy — 11×
Deuteronomy 17:18Deuteronomy 24:1Deuteronomy 24:3Deuteronomy 28:58Deuteronomy 28:61Deuteronomy 29:20Deuteronomy 29:21Deuteronomy 29:27Deuteronomy 30:10Deuteronomy 31:24Deuteronomy 31:26
Joshua — 7×
Joshua 1:8Joshua 8:31Joshua 8:34Joshua 10:13Joshua 18:9Joshua 23:6Joshua 24:26
1 Samuel — 1×
1 Sam 10:25
2 Samuel — 3×
2 Sam 1:182 Sam 11:142 Sam 11:15
1 Kings — 16×
1 Ki 11:411 Ki 14:191 Ki 14:291 Ki 15:71 Ki 15:231 Ki 15:311 Ki 16:51 Ki 16:141 Ki 16:201 Ki 16:271 Ki 21:81 Ki 21:91 Ki 21:111 Ki 22:391 Ki 22:45+ 1 more in 1 Kings
2 Kings — 44×
2 Ki 1:182 Ki 5:52 Ki 5:62 Ki 5:72 Ki 8:232 Ki 10:12 Ki 10:22 Ki 10:62 Ki 10:72 Ki 10:342 Ki 12:192 Ki 13:82 Ki 13:122 Ki 14:62 Ki 14:152 Ki 14:182 Ki 14:282 Ki 15:62 Ki 15:112 Ki 15:152 Ki 15:212 Ki 15:262 Ki 15:312 Ki 15:362 Ki 16:19+ 19 more in 2 Kings
1 Chronicles — 1×
1 Chr 9:1
2 Chronicles — 23×
2 Chr 16:112 Chr 17:92 Chr 20:342 Chr 24:272 Chr 25:42 Chr 25:262 Chr 27:72 Chr 28:262 Chr 32:172 Chr 32:322 Chr 34:142 Chr 34:152 Chr 34:162 Chr 34:182 Chr 34:212 Chr 34:242 Chr 34:302 Chr 34:312 Chr 35:122 Chr 35:272 Chr 36:8+ 2 more in 2 Chronicles
Nehemiah — 9×
Nehemiah 7:5Nehemiah 8:1Nehemiah 8:3Nehemiah 8:5Nehemiah 8:8Nehemiah 8:18Nehemiah 9:3Nehemiah 12:23Nehemiah 13:1
Esther — 11×
Esther 1:22Esther 2:23Esther 3:13Esther 6:1Esther 8:5Esther 8:10Esther 9:20Esther 9:25Esther 9:30Esther 9:32Esther 10:2
Job — 2×
Job 19:23Job 31:35
Psalms — 4×
Psalms 40:7Psalms 56:8Psalms 69:28Psalms 139:16
Ecclesiastes — 1×
Eccles 12:12
Isaiah — 12×
Isaiah 29:11Isaiah 29:12Isaiah 29:18Isaiah 30:8Isaiah 34:4Isaiah 34:16Isaiah 37:14Isaiah 39:1Isaiah 50:1+ 3 more in Isaiah
Jeremiah — 26×
Jeremiah 3:8Jeremiah 25:13Jeremiah 29:1Jeremiah 29:25Jeremiah 29:29Jeremiah 30:2Jeremiah 32:10Jeremiah 32:11Jeremiah 32:12Jeremiah 32:14Jeremiah 32:16Jeremiah 32:44Jeremiah 36:2Jeremiah 36:4Jeremiah 36:8Jeremiah 36:10Jeremiah 36:11Jeremiah 36:13Jeremiah 36:18Jeremiah 36:32Jeremiah 45:1Jeremiah 51:60Jeremiah 51:63+ 3 more in Jeremiah
Ezekiel — 1×
Ezekiel 2:9
Daniel — 5×
Daniel 1:4Daniel 1:17Daniel 9:2Daniel 12:1Daniel 12:4
Nahum — 1×
Nahum 1:1
Malachi — 1×
Malachi 3:16

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