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H5612 Hebrew

Original Word

סֵפֶר

Transliteration

çêpher

Pronunciation

say'-fer

Definition

or (feminine) סִפְרָה; (Psalm 56:8 (אֲבֵדָה)), from סָפַר; properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book; bill, book, evidence, [idiom] learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.
Concordance

Appears in 174 KJV verses

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Vine's Expository Dictionary

Book

"book; document; writing." Seper seems to be a loanword from the Akkadian sipru ("written message," "document"). The word appears 187 times in the Heb…

Count

"to number, count, proclaim, declare." The relationship of this verb to similar verbs in other languages is greatly debated, but it does occur in Ugar…

Number (To)

"to number, count, proclaim, declare." The relationship of this verb to similar verbs in other languages is greatly debated, but it does occur in Ugar…

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