סָפַר çâphar

Hebrew · Strong's H5608 · pronounced saw-far' · used 159 times in 152 verses

Meaning

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

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

Derivation: a primitive root;

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2 Chronicles 34:13 were over the laborers and supervised all who did the work, task by task. Some of the Levites were secretaries, officers, and gatekeepers.
2 Chronicles 34:15 And Hilkiah said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan.
2 Chronicles 34:18 Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.
2 Chronicles 34:20 and commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:
Ezra 1:8 Cyrus king of Persia had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
Ezra 7:6 this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.
Ezra 7:11 This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in the commandments and statutes of the LORD to Israel:
Nehemiah 8:1 At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.
Nehemiah 8:4 Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for this occasion. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and at his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
Nehemiah 8:9 Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the Law.
Nehemiah 8:13 On the second day of the month, the heads of all the families, along with the priests and Levites, gathered around Ezra the scribe to study the words of the Law.
Nehemiah 12:26 They served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest and scribe.
Nehemiah 12:36 and his associates—Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani—with the musical instruments prescribed by David the man of God. Ezra the scribe led the procession.
Nehemiah 13:13 I appointed as treasurers over the storerooms Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, with Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, to assist them, because they were considered trustworthy. They were responsible for distributing the supplies to their fellow Levites.
Esther 5:11 Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.
Esther 6:13 Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”
Job 12:8 Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.
Job 14:16 For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.
Job 15:17 Listen to me and I will inform you. I will describe what I have seen,
Job 28:27 then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.
Job 31:4 Does He not see my ways and count my every step?
Job 37:20 Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up?
Job 38:37 Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens
Job 39:2 Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?
Psalms 2:7 I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.
Psalms 9:1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.
Psalms 9:14 that I may declare all Your praises—that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
Psalms 19:1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.
Psalms 22:17 I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.
Psalms 22:22 I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.
Psalms 22:30 Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.
Psalms 26:7 to raise my voice in thanksgiving and declare all Your wonderful works.
Psalms 40:5 Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us—none can compare to You—if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.
Psalms 44:1 For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
Psalms 45:1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies.” A Maskil of the sons of Korah. A love song. My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses to the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.
Psalms 48:12 March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,
Psalms 48:13 consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.
Psalms 50:16 To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
Psalms 56:8 You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle—are they not in Your book?
Psalms 59:12 By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.
Psalms 64:5 They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.
Psalms 66:16 Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.
Psalms 69:26 For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.
Psalms 71:15 My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
Psalms 73:15 If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.
Psalms 73:28 But as for me, it is good to draw near to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may proclaim all Your works.
Psalms 75:1 For the choirmaster: To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm of Asaph. A song. We give thanks to You, O God; we give thanks, for Your Name is near. The people declare Your wondrous works.
Psalms 78:3 that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.
Psalms 78:4 We will not hide them from their children but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might and the wonders He has performed.
Psalms 78:6 that the coming generation would know them—even children yet to be born—to arise and tell their own children
Psalms 79:13 Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.
Psalms 87:6 The LORD will record in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.” Selah
Psalms 88:11 Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon?
Psalms 96:3 Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples.
Psalms 102:21 that they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion and praise Him in Jerusalem,
Psalms 107:22 Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.
Psalms 118:17 I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.
Psalms 119:13 With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth.
Psalms 119:26 I recounted my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.
Psalms 139:18 If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.