Çâphâh — H5595

Definition

verb

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)

1. to sweep or snatch away, catch up, destroy, consume
1. (Qal)
1. to be snatched away
2. to sweep or snatch away
2. (Niphal)
1. to be swept away, be destroyed
2. to be caught up, be captured
3. (Hiphil) to catch up, gather

Usually translated as

add, destroy, perish, augment, consume, heap, put, join

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• apóllymi (G622)
• aphairéō (G851)
• aphanízō (G853)
• exaírō (G1808)
• kládos (G2798)
• opḗ (G3692)
• prostíthēmi (G4369)
• spḗlaion (G4693)
• synágō (G4863)
• synapóllymi (G4881)
• trymaliá (G5168)

Occurrences

Çâphâh occurs 20 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (4), Numbers (2), Deuteronomy (2), 1 Samuel (3), 1 Chronicles (1), Psalms (1), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (4), Jeremiah (2)

• Genesis 18:23 — And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy (תִּסְפֶּ֔ה) the righteous with the wicked?
• Genesis 18:24 — Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy (תִּסְפֶּה֙) and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
• Genesis 19:15 — And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed (תִּסָּפֶ֖ה) in the iniquity of the city.
• Genesis 19:17 — And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed (תִּסָּפֶֽה).
• Numbers 16:26 — And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed (תִּסָּפ֖וּ) in all their sins.
• Numbers 32:14 — And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment (לִסְפּ֣וֹת) yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
• Deuteronomy 29:19 — And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add (סְפ֥וֹת) drunkenness to thirst:
• Deuteronomy 32:23 — I will heap (אַסְפֶּ֥ה) mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
• 1 Samuel 12:25 — But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed (תִּסָּפֽוּ), both ye and your king.
• 1 Samuel 26:10 — David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish (וְנִסְפָּֽה).
• 1 Samuel 27:1 — And David said in his heart, I shall now perish (אֶסָּפֶ֥ה) one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
• 1 Chronicles 21:12 — Either three years’ famine; or three months to be destroyed (נִסְפֶּ֥ה) before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.
• Psalms 40:14 — Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy (לִסְפּ֫וֹתָ֥הּ) it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
• Proverbs 13:23 — Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed (נִ֝סְפֶּ֗ה) for want of judgment.
• Isaiah 7:20 — In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume (תִּסְפֶּֽה) the beard.
• Isaiah 13:15 — Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined (הַנִּסְפֶּ֖ה) unto them shall fall by the sword.
• Isaiah 29:1 — Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.
• Isaiah 30:1 — Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add (סְפ֥וֹת) sin to sin:
• Jeremiah 7:21 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
• Jeremiah 12:4 — How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed (סָפְתָ֤ה), and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.