se.pher H5612

סֵ֫פֶר (se.pher) means “scroll: document” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

סֵ֫פֶר Hebrew · H5612 186 tagged occurrences in 174 verses

Pronunciation guide: say'-fer Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H5612A

סֵ֫פֶר · se.pher · scroll: document

: document 1) missive, document, writing, book 1a) missive 1a1) letter (of instruction), written order, commission, request, written decree 1b) legal document, certificate of divorce, deed of purchase, indictment, sign 1c) book, scroll 1c1) book of prophecies 1c2) genealogical register 1c3) law-book 1c4) book (of poems) 1c5) book (of kings) 1c6) books of the canon, scripture 1c7) record book (of God) 1d) book-learning, writing 1d1) be able to read (after verb 'to know')

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TBESH · H5612B

סִפְרָה · siph.rah · scroll

book

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TBESH · H5612H

סֵ֫פֶר · se.pher · scroll: book

: book 1) missive, document, writing, book 1a) missive 1a1) letter (of instruction), written order, commission, request, written decree 1b) legal document, certificate of divorce, deed of purchase, indictment, sign 1c) book, scroll 1c1) book of prophecies 1c2) genealogical register 1c3) law-book 1c4) book (of poems) 1c5) book (of kings) 1c6) books of the canon, scripture 1c7) record book (of God) 1d) book-learning, writing 1d1) be able to read (after verb 'to know')

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TBESH · H5612I

סֵ֫פֶר · se.pher · scroll: read

: read 1) missive, document, writing, book 1a) missive 1a1) letter (of instruction), written order, commission, request, written decree 1b) legal document, certificate of divorce, deed of purchase, indictment, sign 1c) book, scroll 1c1) book of prophecies 1c2) genealogical register 1c3) law-book 1c4) book (of poems) 1c5) book (of kings) 1c6) books of the canon, scripture 1c7) record book (of God) 1d) book-learning, writing 1d1) be able to read (after verb 'to know')

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

or (feminine) סִפְרָה; (Psalm 56:8 (H9 (אֲבֵדָה))), from H5608 (סָפַר); properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book

KJV glosses: bill, book, evidence, [idiom] learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.

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How translators render H5612

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 book	62
book	15
in the book	11
letters	9
of the book	6
letter	5
a book	3
a certificate	3
a scroll	3
from the book	3
from the scroll	3
on a scroll	3
the deed	3
the letter	3
the scroll	3
a letter	2
in a book	2
in the letters	2
it	2
of the scroll	2
scroll	2
agreement	1
an indictment	1
and deeds	1
and literature	1
and the letter	1
and the letters	1
books	1
certificate	1
copy	1
deed	1
deeds	1
from the sacred books	1
in a scroll	1
in the letter	1
in your book	1
into the record	1
is the book	1
like a scroll	1
of literature	1
of my book	1
of the letter	1
or if the scroll	1
out of the book	1
register	1
so a scroll	1
the documents	1
the letters	1
them	1
this deed	1
when the letter	1
with the document	1
your book	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
in the book	69
the book	15
of the book	10
in this book	9
in a book	8
letters	8
of a book	4
the evidence	4
the letter	4
a letter	3
her a bill	3
the letters	3
this book	3
a book	2
in the letters	2
me a book	2
of this book	2
out of the book	2
a register	1
also letters	1
and a book	1
and in thy book	1
and it came to pass when the letter	1
and the book	1
and the letters	1
and this evidence	1
as a scroll	1
book	1
books	1
by books	1
by letters	1
evidences	1
in all learning	1
in the letter	1
it in a book	1
me i pray thee out of thy book	1
not in thy book	1
now as soon as this letter	1
now when this letter	1
of my book	1
of the letter	1
the bill	1
the learning	1
these evidences	1
this evidence	1
this letter	1
to him that is not learned	1
unto the book	1
unto thee in a book	1

Verses containing H5612

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2 Kings 10:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“When this letter arrives, since your master’s sons are with you and you have chariots and horses, a fortified city and weaponry,
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2 Kings 10:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jehu wrote them a second letter and said: “If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of your master’s sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the sons of the king, seventy in all, were being brought up by the leading men of the city.
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2 Kings 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when the letter arrived, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.
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2 Kings 10:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Jehu, along with all his accomplishments and all his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
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2 Kings 12:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Joash, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
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2 Kings 13:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, along with all his accomplishments and his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
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2 Kings 13:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Jehoash, along with all his accomplishments and his might, including his war against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
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2 Kings 14:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet he did not put the sons of the murderers to death, but acted according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”
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2 Kings 14:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Jehoash, along with his accomplishments, his might, and how he waged war against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
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2 Kings 14:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
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2 Kings 14:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, along with all his accomplishments and might, and how he waged war and recovered both Damascus and Hamath for Israel from Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
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2 Kings 15:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Azariah, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
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2 Kings 15:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Zechariah, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
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2 Kings 15:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Shallum, along with the conspiracy he led, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
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2 Kings 15:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Menahem, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
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2 Kings 15:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, along with all his accomplishments, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
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2 Kings 15:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Pekah, along with all his accomplishments, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
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2 Kings 15:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
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2 Kings 16:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Ahaz, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
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2 Kings 19:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.
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2 Kings 20:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness.
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2 Kings 20:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
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2 Kings 21:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with all his accomplishments and the sin that he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
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2 Kings 21:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Amon, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
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2 Kings 22:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then Hilkiah the high priest 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, who read it.
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2 Kings 22:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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2 Kings 22:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes
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2 Kings 22:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“Go and inquire of the LORD for me, for the people, and for all Judah concerning the words in this book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that burns against us because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book by doing all that is written about us.”
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2 Kings 22:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the words of the book that the king of Judah has read,
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2 Kings 23:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.
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2 Kings 23:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.
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2 Kings 23:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”
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2 Kings 23:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Furthermore, Josiah removed the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to carry out the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the LORD.
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2 Kings 23:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Josiah and all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
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2 Kings 24:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
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1 Chronicles 9:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So all Israel was recorded in the genealogies written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. But Judah was exiled to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.
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2 Chronicles 16:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the acts of Asa, from beginning to end, are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
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2 Chronicles 17:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They taught throughout Judah, taking with them the Book of the Law of the LORD. They went throughout the towns of Judah and taught the people.
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2 Chronicles 20:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, from beginning to end, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of Jehu son of Hanani, which are recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel.
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2 Chronicles 24:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The accounts of the sons of Joash and the many pronouncements about him, and of the restoration of the house of God, are indeed written in the Treatise of the Book of the Kings. And his son Amaziah reigned in his place.
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2 Chronicles 25:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet he did not put their sons to death, but acted according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”
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2 Chronicles 25:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Amaziah, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel?
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2 Chronicles 27:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with all his wars and his ways, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
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2 Chronicles 28:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Ahaz and all his ways, from beginning to end, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
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2 Chronicles 32:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He also wrote letters mocking the LORD, the God of Israel, and saying against Him: “Just as the gods of the nations did not deliver their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand.”
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2 Chronicles 32:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his deeds of loving devotion, they are indeed written in the vision of the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
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2 Chronicles 34:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While they were bringing out the money that had been taken into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of the LORD given by Moses.
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2 Chronicles 34:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
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2 Chronicles 34:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Shaphan brought the book to the king and reported, “Your servants are doing all that has been placed in their hands.
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2 Chronicles 34:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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