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 |
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They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 64.6
Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.
Read word by wordFor they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 69.27
My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
Read word by wordIf I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.
Read word by wordBut 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.
Read word by wordFor 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.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 75.2
that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.
Read word by wordWe 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.
Read word by wordthat the coming generation would know them—even children yet to be born—to arise and tell their own children
Read word by wordThen we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.
Read word by wordThe LORD will record in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.” Selah
Read word by wordCan Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon?
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 88.12
Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples.
Read word by wordthat they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion and praise Him in Jerusalem,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 102.22
Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.
Read word by wordI will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.
Read word by wordWith my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth.
Read word by wordI recounted my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.
Read word by wordIf I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.
Read word by wordThey will proclaim the power of Your awesome deeds, and I will declare Your greatness.
Read word by wordYou counted the houses of Jerusalem and tore them down to strengthen the wall.
Read word by wordYour mind will ponder the former terror: “Where is he who tallies? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?”
Read word by wordThen Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to him.
Read word by wordThen Hilkiah’s son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh.
Read word by wordAnd he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz
Read word by wordThe people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.
Read word by wordRemind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.
Read word by wordso He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.
Read word by wordHow can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?
Read word by wordThey suppose the dreams that they tell one another will make My people forget My name, just as their fathers forgot My name through the worship of Baal.
Read word by wordLet the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.
Read word by word“Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.
Read word by wordAs the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”
Read word by wordFrom the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, which was in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the house of the LORD, Baruch read from the scroll the words of Jeremiah in the hearing of all the people.
Read word by wordhe went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.
Read word by wordSo the officials went to the king in the courtyard. And having stored the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, they reported everything to the king.
Read word by wordThen the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king and all the officials who were standing beside him.
Read word by wordAnd as soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut them off with a scribe’s knife and throw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll had been consumed by the fire.
Read word by wordInstead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.
Read word by wordThen Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and at Jeremiah’s dictation he wrote on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.
Read word by wordThe officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.
Read word by wordBut now please listen, O my lord the king. May my petition come before you. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.”
Read word by word“The LORD has brought forth our vindication; come, let us tell in Zion what the LORD our God has accomplished.”
Read word by wordOf those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as seven trusted royal advisers. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.
Read word by wordAnd I saw six men coming from the direction of the Upper Gate, which faces north, each with a weapon of slaughter in his hand. With them was another man clothed in linen who had a writing kit at his side. And they came in and stood beside the bronze altar.
Read word by wordThen the glory of the God of Israel rose from above the cherubim, where it had been, and moved to the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at his side.
Read word by wordBut I will spare a few of them from sword and famine and plague, so that in the nations to which they go, they can recount all their abominations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
Read word by wordand after he is cleansed, he must count off seven days for himself.
Read word by wordYet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 2.1
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