סָפַר (sa.phar) means “to recount” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: saw-far' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
סָפַר · sa.phar · to recount
v 1) to count, recount, relate 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to count (things) 1a2) to number, take account of, reckon 1b) (Niphal) to be counted, be numbered 1c) (Piel) to recount, rehearse, declare 1c1) to recount (something), rehearse 1c2) to talk 1c3) to count exactly or accurately 1d) (Pual) to be recounted, be rehearsed, be related
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סֹפֵר · so.pher · secretary
1) enumerator, muster-officer, secretary, scribe 1a) enumerator, muster-officer, secretary 1b) learned man, scribe Aramaic equivalent: sa.pher (סָפִר "scribe" H5613)
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a primitive root; 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
KJV glosses: commune, (ac-) count; declare, number, [phrase] penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the scribe | 31 |
| told | 5 |
| and count | 3 |
| and scribe | 3 |
| and told | 3 |
| be counted | 3 |
| declare | 3 |
| to count | 3 |
| was the scribe | 3 |
| and declare | 2 |
| and i will declare | 2 |
| i can count | 2 |
| i will proclaim | 2 |
| of the scribes | 2 |
| recounted | 2 |
| scribe | 2 |
| was telling | 2 |
| were secretaries | 2 |
| will declare | 2 |
| you are to count off | 2 |
| you may tell | 2 |
| a scribe | 1 |
| an expert | 1 |
| and a scribe | 1 |
| and appraised it | 1 |
| and proclaim | 1 |
| and recount | 1 |
| and reported | 1 |
| and retell them | 1 |
| and tell | 1 |
| and they gave this account | 1 |
| and they relayed | 1 |
| be proclaimed | 1 |
| been told | 1 |
| but will declare | 1 |
| can you count | 1 |
| count | 1 |
| counted | 1 |
| david had numbered | 1 |
| from | 1 |
| have relayed | 1 |
| have taken account | 1 |
| have told | 1 |
| he must count | 1 |
| he must count off | 1 |
| he told | 1 |
| i may declare | 1 |
| i proclaim | 1 |
| i recounted | 1 |
| i will describe | 1 |
| i will recount | 1 |
| i will speak | 1 |
| if i were to count them | 1 |
| inform | 1 |
| is he who counts | 1 |
| is he who tallies | 1 |
| keeping track of it | 1 |
| let us tell | 1 |
| might be proclaimed | 1 |
| numbered | 1 |
| of the marshals | 1 |
| or number | 1 |
| relate | 1 |
| retell | 1 |
| shall count off | 1 |
| she confirmed it | 1 |
| she must count off | 1 |
| should he be told | 1 |
| so he conscripted | 1 |
| someone told you | 1 |
| state your case | 1 |
| tell | 1 |
| tell me your dreams | 1 |
| that i may proclaim | 1 |
| that they may proclaim | 1 |
| the people declare | 1 |
| the scribes | 1 |
| they also told | 1 |
| they can recount | 1 |
| they speak | 1 |
| they tell | 1 |
| they utter | 1 |
| they will declare | 1 |
| to recite | 1 |
| we told him | 1 |
| we will declare | 1 |
| were counted | 1 |
| where jacob told | 1 |
| who counted them out | 1 |
| will record | 1 |
| with a scribes | 1 |
| writer | 1 |
| you counted | 1 |
| you shall count off | 1 |
| you would count | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the scribe | 33 |
| told | 7 |
| scribe | 6 |
| declare | 5 |
| and told | 4 |
| scribes | 4 |
| and declare | 3 |
| i will declare | 3 |
| and he told | 2 |
| and i will declare | 2 |
| and tell | 2 |
| and they told | 2 |
| have told | 2 |
| of the scribes | 2 |
| tell | 2 |
| to number | 2 |
| a scribe | 1 |
| and a scribe | 1 |
| and count | 1 |
| and do tell | 1 |
| and it came to pass as he was telling | 1 |
| and let us declare | 1 |
| and numbered | 1 |
| and that thou mayest tell | 1 |
| and they talk | 1 |
| and thou shalt number | 1 |
| and we told | 1 |
| and ye have numbered | 1 |
| and ye shall count | 1 |
| be declared | 1 |
| cannot be numbered | 1 |
| canst thou number | 1 |
| for myself they shall shew forth | 1 |
| for now thou numberest | 1 |
| had numbered | 1 |
| have i declared | 1 |
| he that counted | 1 |
| her tell | 1 |
| him it shall be accounted | 1 |
| i have declared | 1 |
| i may tell | 1 |
| i should count | 1 |
| i will shew forth | 1 |
| i will speak | 1 |
| into the scribes | 1 |
| it and declare | 1 |
| it with the penknife | 1 |
| let him tell | 1 |
| may be declared | 1 |
| nor counted | 1 |
| nor numbered | 1 |
| number | 1 |
| numbered | 1 |
| numbering | 1 |
| of the writer | 1 |
| shall count | 1 |
| shall declare | 1 |
| shall it be told | 1 |
| shall shew forth | 1 |
| shall ye number | 1 |
| shalt thou number | 1 |
| she told | 1 |
| shewing | 1 |
| tell me | 1 |
| than can be numbered | 1 |
| that could not be told | 1 |
| that he had numbered | 1 |
| that i may declare | 1 |
| that i may shew forth | 1 |
| that it shall not be numbered | 1 |
| that they may declare | 1 |
| that told | 1 |
| that ye may tell | 1 |
| the scribes | 1 |
| the writers | 1 |
| them they told | 1 |
| then he shall number | 1 |
| then she shall number | 1 |
| they commune | 1 |
| they shall reckon | 1 |
| they speak | 1 |
| thou tellest | 1 |
| though it be told | 1 |
| to declare | 1 |
| told out | 1 |
| was scribe | 1 |
| we will shew forth | 1 |
| were numbered | 1 |
| what hast thou to do to declare | 1 |
| which cannot be numbered | 1 |
| which could not be told | 1 |
| which had not been told | 1 |
| which they tell | 1 |
| who can number | 1 |
| with a writers | 1 |
| writer | 1 |
Page 2 of 4. 152 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was the scribe;
Read word by wordSo David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”
Read word by wordThe Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.
Read word by wordThe scribe, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officers: Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites—one family being taken from Eleazar, and then one from Ithamar.
Read word by wordDavid’s uncle Jonathan was a counselor; he was a man of insight and a scribe. Jehiel son of Hachmoni attended to the sons of the king.
Read word by wordSo he conscripted 70,000 porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 2.1
Solomon numbered all the foreign men in the land of Israel following the census his father David had conducted, and there were found to be 153,600 in all.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 2.16
There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.
Read word by wordWhenever the chest was brought by the Levites to the king’s overseers and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal scribe and the officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this daily and gathered the money in abundance.
Read word by wordUzziah had an army ready for battle that went out to war by assigned divisions, as recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officers.
Read word by wordwere over the laborers and supervised all who did the work, task by task. Some of the Levites were secretaries, officers, and gatekeepers.
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordMoreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.
Read word by wordand commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:
Read word by wordCyrus king of Persia had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
Read word by wordthis 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.
Read word by wordThis 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:
Read word by wordAt 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.
Read word by wordEzra 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.
Read word by wordNehemiah 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.
Read word by wordOn 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.
Read word by wordThey 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.
Read word by wordand 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.
Read word by wordI 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.
Read word by wordHaman 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.
Read word by wordHaman 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.”
Read word by wordOr speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.
Read word by wordFor then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.
Read word by wordListen to me and I will inform you. I will describe what I have seen,
Read word by wordthen He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.
Read word by wordDoes He not see my ways and count my every step?
Read word by wordShould He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up?
Read word by wordWho has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens
Read word by wordCan you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?
Read word by wordI will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.
Read word by wordFor 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.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 9.2
that I may declare all Your praises—that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 9.15
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.2
I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.18
I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.23
Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.31
to raise my voice in thanksgiving and declare all Your wonderful works.
Read word by wordMany, 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.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 40.6
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.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 44.2
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.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 45.2
March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 48.13
consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 48.14
To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
Read word by wordYou have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle—are they not in Your book?
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 56.9
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.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 59.13
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