Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H5608

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Original: ספר

Transliteration: saphar (sâphar)

Phonetic: saw-far'

BDB Definition:

to count, recount, relate (verb)
1. (Qal)
  1. to count (things)
  2. to number, take account of, reckon
2. (Niphal) to be counted, be numbered
3. (Piel) to recount, rehearse, declare
  1. to recount (something), rehearse
  2. to talk
  3. to count exactly or accurately
4. (Pual) to be recounted, be rehearsed, be related
enumerator, muster-officer, secretary, scribe (noun masculine)
1. enumerator, muster-officer, secretary
2. learned man, scribe

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 1540,1540c

Strong's Definition: A primitive root; 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: - commune, (ac-) count, declare, number, + penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.

Occurrences in the (KJV) King James Version:

All Occurrences (161x)

A Scribe (1x)

And A Scribe (1x)

And Count (1x)

And Declare (3x)

And Do Tell (1x)

And He Told (2x)

And I Will Declare (2x)

And It Came To Pass, As He Was Telling (1x)

And Let Us Declare (1x)

And Numbered (1x)

And Tell (2x)

And That Thou Mayest Tell (1x)

And They Talk (1x)

And They Told (2x)

And Thou Shalt Number (1x)

And Told (4x)

And We Told (1x)

And Ye Have Numbered (1x)

And Ye Shall Count (1x)

Be Declared (1x)

Cannot Be Numbered (1x)

Canst Thou Number (1x)

Declare (5x)

For Myself; They Shall Shew Forth (1x)

For Now Thou Numberest (1x)

Had Numbered (1x)

Have I Declared (1x)

Have Told (2x)

He That Counted (1x)

Her: Tell (1x)

Him; It Shall Be Accounted (1x)

I Have Declared (1x)

I May Tell (1x)

I Should Count (1x)

I Will Declare (3x)

I Will Shew Forth (1x)

I Will Speak (1x)

Into The Scribe’s (1x)

It With The Penknife (1x)

It, And Declare (1x)

Let Him Tell (1x)

May Be Declared (1x)

Nor Counted (1x)

Nor Numbered (1x)

Number (1x)

Numbered (1x)

Numbering (1x)

Of The Scribes (2x)

Of The Writer (1x)

Scribe (6x)

Scribes (4x)

Shall Count (1x)

Shall Declare (1x)

Shall It Be Told (1x)

Shall Shew Forth (1x)

Shall Ye Number (1x)

Shalt Thou Number (1x)

She Told (1x)

Shewing (1x)

Tell (2x)

Tell Me (1x)

Than Can Be Numbered (1x)

That Could Not Be Told (1x)

That He Had Numbered (1x)

That I May Declare (1x)

That I May Shew Forth (1x)

That It Shall Not Be Numbered (1x)

That They May Declare (1x)

That Told (1x)

That Ye May Tell (1x)

The Scribe (33x)

The Scribe’s (1x)

The Writer’s (1x)

Them They Told (1x)

Then He Shall Number (1x)

Then She Shall Number (1x)

They Commune (1x)

They Shall Reckon (1x)

They Speak (1x)

Thou Tellest (1x)

Though It Be Told (1x)

To Declare (1x)

To Number (2x)

Told (7x)

Told Out (1x)

Was Scribe (1x)

We Will Shew Forth (1x)

Were Numbered (1x)

What Hast Thou To Do To Declare (1x)

Which Cannot Be Numbered (1x)

Which Could Not Be Told (1x)

Which Had Not Been Told (1x)

Which They Tell (1x)

Who Can Number (1x)

With A Writer’s (1x)

Writer (1x)

All Occurrences

Ezra 7:11

Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the Lord , and of his statutes to Israel.

Nehemiah 8:1

And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel.

Nehemiah 8:4

And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.(c)

Nehemiah 8:9

And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the Lord your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.(e)

Nehemiah 8:13

And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.(f)

Nehemiah 12:26

These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.

Nehemiah 12:36

And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.

Nehemiah 13:13

And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren.(i)

(j)

(k)

Esther 3:12

Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king’s ring.(e)

Esther 5:11

And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

Esther 6:13

And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.

Esther 8:9

Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

Job 12:8

Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

Job 14:16

For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

Job 15:17

I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;

Job 28:27

Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.(j)

Job 31:4

Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?

Job 37:20

Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.

Job 38:37

Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,(o)

Job 39:2

Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

Psalm 2:7

I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.(f)

Psalm 9:1

I will praise thee, O Lord , with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.

Psalm 9:14

That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

Psalm 19:1

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

Psalm 22:17

I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.

Psalm 22:22

I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

Psalm 22:30

A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

Psalm 26:7

That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.

Psalm 40:5

Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.(c)

Psalm 44:1

We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.(a)

Psalm 45:1

My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.(a)

(b)

Psalm 48:12

Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.

Psalm 48:13

Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.(b)

(c)

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Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

All of the original Hebrew and Aramaic words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. In some cases more than one form of the word — such as the masculine and feminine forms of a noun — may be listed.

Each entry is a Hebrew word, unless it is designated as Aramaic. Immediately after each word is given its equivalent in English letters, according to a system of transliteration. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT), by R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke. This section makes an association between the unique number used by TWOT with the Strong's number.

Thayers Information

All of the original Greek words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. The Strong's numbering system arranges most Greek words by their alphabetical order. This renders reference easy without recourse to the Greek characters. In some cases more than one form of the word - such as the masculine, feminine, and neuter forms of a noun - may be listed.

Immediately after each word is given its exact equivalent in English letters, according to the system of transliteration laid down in the scheme here following. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Thayer's Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in the ten-volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT), edited by Gerhard Kittel. Both volume and page numbers cite where the word may be found.

The presence of an asterisk indicates that the corresponding entry in the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament may appear in a different form than that displayed in Thayers' Greek Definitions.

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Dictionaries of Hebrew and Greek Words taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance by James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D., 1890.

Strong's Concor­dance

Hebrew-Aramaic H5608

Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

Thayers Information

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H5608