סָפֵר
safer · scribe
Aramaic word · Strong’s number H5613 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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safer (סָפֵר) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “scribe”.
(Aramaic): one who writes and keeps the documents; secretary.
How to say it
sa·fer
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Secretary who writes and keeps the documents.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Ezra 4:8
Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows:
- Ezra 4:9
Then Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their companions: the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the men of Erech, the Babylonians, the men of Susa, the Dehaites, the Elamites,
- Ezra 4:17
The king sent an answer: “To Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their companions who live in Samaria and the rest of the other side of the river: Peace. And now:
- Ezra 4:23
Then, as soon as the copy of the letter of Artaxerxes the king was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem, to the Jews, and made them cease by force and with troops.
- Ezra 7:12
“Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the Elah of the heavens: complete peace. And now:
- Ezra 7:21
And by me, I, Artaxerxes the king, an order is given to all the treasurers who are in the other side of the river, that all that Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the Elah of the heavens, asks of you be done with diligence,