סְפַר
sefar · book, scroll
Aramaic word · Strong’s number H5609 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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sefar (סְפַר) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “book, scroll”.
Book, written scroll (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "sefer".
How to say it
se·far
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
- A scroll or written record in which the kingdom's documents are kept (Aramaic).
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- book ×3
- books ×2
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Ezra 4:15
so that someone may investigate in the book of the memorials of your fathers; and you will find in the book of the memorials and know that that city is a rebellious city, causing harm to kings and provinces, and that they have been making sedition within it since the days of old; for this reason that city was laid waste.
- Ezra 6:1
Then Darius the king gave an order, and they investigated in the house of the books where the treasures were deposited there in Babylon.
- Ezra 6:18
And they set the priests in their sections and the Levites in their divisions, over the service of Elah which is in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.
- Daniel 7:10
A river of fire was flowing and coming out from before him; thousands upon thousands were serving him, and myriads upon myriads were standing before him; the court sat, and the books were opened.
And 1 more times.