סָפַן
çâphan · saw-fan'
to hide by covering; specifically, to roof (passive participle as noun, a roof) or wainscot; figuratively, to reserve
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to hide by covering; specifically, to roof (passive participle as noun, a roof) or wainscot; figuratively, to reserve
- to hide by covering
- specifically, to roof (passive participle as noun, a roof) or wainscot
- figuratively, to reserve
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cieled, cover, seated.
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
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › to speak, the word › the seed, life continuing
To support and uphold that works to speak, the word of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סָפַן 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and it was covered2 · 33%
- was he seated1 · 17%
- it; and covered1 · 17%
- and it is cieled1 · 17%
- in your cieled1 · 17%
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.