סָפָה
çâphâh · saw-faw'
properly, to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively) together (i.e. to accumulate or increase) or away (i.e. to scatter, remove, or ruin; intransitively, to perish)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively) together (i.e. to accumulate or increase) or away (i.e. to scatter, remove, or ruin; intransitively, to perish)
- properly, to scrape (literally, to shave
- but usually figuratively) together (i.e. to accumulate or increase) or away (i.e. to scatter, remove, or ruin
- intransitively, to perish)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: add, augment, consume, destroy, heap, join, perish, put.
Letters
- 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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › to speak, the word › to reveal, behold
To support and uphold that works to speak, the word that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סָפָה 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
19 occurrences · 19 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- wilt thou also destroy2 · 10%
- lest thou be consumed2 · 10%
- nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed1 · 5%
- to augment1 · 5%
- to add1 · 5%
- i will heap1 · 5%
- ye shall be consumed1 · 5%
- and perish1 · 5%
- i shall now perish1 · 5%
- to be destroyed1 · 5%
- to destroy1 · 5%
- that is destroyed1 · 5%
- and it shall also consume1 · 5%
- and every one that is joined1 · 5%
- add1 · 5%
- that they may add1 · 5%
- put1 · 5%
- are consumed1 · 5%
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.