Usually translated as
scribe, declare, tell, number, count, writer, speak, commune, penknife, reckon, talk, account, shew forth
Occurrences
Çâphar occurs 160 times in 153 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (12), Exodus (4), Leviticus (5), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (1), Joshua (1), Judges (3), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (3), 1 Kings (4), 2 Kings (13), 1 Chronicles (7), 2 Chronicles (9), Ezra (3), Nehemiah (7), Esther (4), Job (8), Psalms (36), Isaiah (8), Jeremiah (16), Ezekiel (4), Hosea (1), Joel (1), Habakkuk (1)
- Genesis 15:5 — And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell (וּסְפֹר֙) the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
- Genesis 15:5 — And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number (לִסְפֹּ֣ר) them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
- Genesis 16:10 — And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered (יִסָּפֵ֖ר) for multitude.
- Genesis 24:66 — And the servant told (וַיְסַפֵּ֥ר) Isaac all things that he had done.
- Genesis 29:13 — And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told (וַיְסַפֵּ֣ר) Laban all these things.
- Genesis 32:12 — And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered (יִסָּפֵ֖ר) for multitude.
- Genesis 37:9 — And he dreamed yet another dream, and told (וַיְסַפֵּ֥ר) it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
- Genesis 37:10 — And he told (וַיְסַפֵּ֣ר) it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
- Genesis 40:8 — And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell (סַפְּרוּ) me them, I pray you.
- Genesis 40:9 — And the chief butler told (וַיְסַפֵּ֧ר) his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;
- Genesis 41:8 — And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told (וַיְסַפֵּ֨ר) them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
- Genesis 41:12 — And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told (וַנְּ֨סַפֶּר) him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
- Genesis 41:49 — And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering (לִסְפֹּ֖ר); for it was without number.
- Exodus 9:16 — And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared (סַפֵּ֥ר) throughout all the earth.
- Exodus 10:2 — And that thou mayest tell (תְּסַפֵּר֩) in the ears of thy son, and of thy son’s son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD.
- Exodus 18:8 — And Moses told (וַיְסַפֵּ֤ר) his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.
- Exodus 24:3 — And Moses came and told (וַיְסַפֵּ֤ר) the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.
- Leviticus 15:13 — And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number (וְסָ֨פַר) to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.
- Leviticus 15:28 — But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number (וְסָ֥פְרָה) to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.
- Leviticus 23:15 — And ye shall count (וּסְפַרְתֶּ֤ם) unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:
- Leviticus 23:16 — Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number (תִּסְפְּר֖וּ) fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.
- Leviticus 25:8 — And thou shalt number (וְסָפַרְתָּ֣) seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.
- Numbers 13:27 — And they told (וַיְסַפְּרוּ) him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
- Deuteronomy 16:9 — Seven weeks shalt thou number (תִּסְפָּר) unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.
- Deuteronomy 16:9 — Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number (לִסְפֹּ֔ר) the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.
- Joshua 2:23 — So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told (וַיְסַ֨פְּרוּ) him all things that befell them:
- Judges 5:14 — Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer (סֹפֵֽר).
- Judges 6:13 — And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told (סִפְּרוּ) us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
- Judges 7:13 — And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told (מְסַפֵּ֥ר) a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
- 1 Samuel 11:5 — And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told (וַיְסַ֨פְּרוּ) him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.
- 2 Samuel 8:17 — And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe (סוֹפֵֽר);
- 2 Samuel 20:25 — And Sheva was scribe (סֹפֵ֑ר): and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
- 2 Samuel 24:10 — And David’s heart smote him after that he had numbered (סָפַ֣ר) the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
- 1 Kings 3:8 — And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted (יִסָּפֵ֖ר) for multitude.
- 1 Kings 4:3 — Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes (סֹפְרִ֑ים); Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
- 1 Kings 8:5 — And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told (יִסָּפְר֛וּ) nor numbered for multitude.
- 1 Kings 13:11 — Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and his sons came and told (וַיְסַפֶּר) him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.
- 1 Kings 13:11 — Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told (וַֽיְסַפְּר֖וּם) also to their father.
- 2 Kings 8:4 — And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell (סַפְּרָה) me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.
- 2 Kings 8:5 — And it came to pass, as he was telling (מְסַפֵּ֣ר) the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.
- 2 Kings 8:6 — And when the king asked the woman, she told (וַתְּסַפֶּר) him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.
- 2 Kings 12:10 — And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king’s scribe (סֹפֵ֤ר) and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 18:18 — And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe (הַסֹּפֵ֔ר), and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
- 2 Kings 18:37 — Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe (הַסֹּפֵ֜ר), and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rab-shakeh.
- 2 Kings 19:2 — And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe (הַסֹּפֵ֗ר), and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
- 2 Kings 22:3 — And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe (הַסֹּפֵ֔ר), to the house of the LORD, saying,
- 2 Kings 22:8 — And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe (הַסֹּפֵ֔ר), I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
- 2 Kings 22:9 — And Shaphan the scribe (הַסֹּפֵר֙) came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 22:10 — And Shaphan the scribe (הַסֹּפֵר֙) shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
- 2 Kings 22:12 — And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe (הַסֹּפֵ֗ר), and Asahiah a servant of the king’s, saying,