מִסְפָּר
miçpâr · mis-pawr'
a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5608 (סָפַר);
a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
- a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable
- small, a few)
- also, (abstractly) narration
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] abundance, account, [idiom] all, [idiom] few, (in-) finite, (certain) number(-ed), tale, telling, [phrase] time.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to support and uphold › to speak, the word › the head, the highest
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to support and uphold that works to speak, the word of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִסְפָּר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
134 occurrences · 134 OT · 0 NT · 56 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- according to the number24 · 26%
- the number10 · 11%
- shall be according to their number7 · 8%
- by number6 · 6%
- and the number6 · 6%
- in number5 · 5%
- without number4 · 4%
- were without number3 · 3%
- of them, according to the number3 · 3%
- all3 · 3%
- the sum2 · 2%
- according to their number2 · 2%
- and the time2 · 2%
- by tale2 · 2%
- for according to the number2 · 2%
- and this is the number2 · 2%
- number2 · 2%
- of you, according to your whole number1 · 1%
- was a few1 · 1%
- by the number1 · 1%
- in the number1 · 1%
- with the number1 · 1%
- shall be according unto the number1 · 1%
- of it: for according to the number1 · 1%
- and according unto the number1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.