סֵפֶר
çêpher · say'-fer
properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
Lexicon
Derivation: or (feminine) סִפְרָה; (Psalm 56:8 (H9 (אֲבֵדָה))), from H5608 (סָפַר);
properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
- properly, writing (the art or a document)
- by implication, a book
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bill, book, evidence, [idiom] learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › to speak, the word › the head, the highest
To support and uphold that works to speak, the word of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סֵפֶר 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
186 occurrences · 186 OT · 0 NT · 63 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in the book68 · 43%
- the book13 · 8%
- of the book10 · 6%
- in this book9 · 6%
- letters8 · 5%
- in a book7 · 4%
- of a book4 · 3%
- the letter4 · 3%
- the evidence4 · 3%
- her a bill3 · 2%
- a letter3 · 2%
- the letters3 · 2%
- this book3 · 2%
- in the letters2 · 1%
- it in a book2 · 1%
- me a book2 · 1%
- out of the book2 · 1%
- a book2 · 1%
- of this book2 · 1%
- now as soon as this letter1 · 1%
- now when this letter1 · 1%
- in the letter1 · 1%
- of my book1 · 1%
- me, i pray thee, out of thy book1 · 1%
- is the book1 · 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.