Strong's Definition
properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: commune, (ac-) count; declare, number, [phrase] penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.
TWOT Reference: 1540,c
Outline of Biblical Usage
v
1) to count, recount, relate
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to count (things)
1a2) to number, take account of, reckon
1b) (Niphal) to be counted, be numbered
1c) (Piel) to recount, rehearse, declare
1c1) to recount (something), rehearse
1c2) to talk
1c3) to count exactly or accurately
1d) (Pual) to be recounted, be rehearsed, be related
n m
2) enumerator, muster-officer, secretary, scribe
2a) enumerator, muster-officer, secretary
2b) learned man, scribe
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
סָפַר
sâphar
BDB Definition:
1) to count, recount, relate (verb)
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to count (things)
1a2) to number, take account of, reckon
1b) (Niphal) to be counted, be numbered
1c) (Piel) to recount, rehearse, declare
1c1) to recount (something), rehearse
1c2) to talk
1c3) to count exactly or accurately
1d) (Pual) to be recounted, be rehearsed, be related
2) enumerator, muster-officer, secretary, scribe (noun masculine)
2a) enumerator, muster-officer, secretary
2b) learned man, scribe
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1540, 1540c
Total KJV Occurrences: 165