Hebrew word study
סָפַר H5608
- Transliteration
- çâphar
- Pronunciation
- saw-far'
- KJV glosses
- commune, (ac-) count, declare, number, [phrase] penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.
Lexical summary
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
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
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
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information