sa.phar H5608

סָפַר (sa.phar) means “to recount” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

סָפַר Hebrew · H5608 159 tagged occurrences in 152 verses

Pronunciation guide: saw-far' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H5608A

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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TBESH · H5608B

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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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

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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How translators render H5608

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
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

KJV rendering counts
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

Verses containing H5608

Page 4 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.

Joel 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.
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Habakkuk 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.
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