Strong's Definition
properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
Derivation: or (feminine) סִפְרָה; (Psalm 56:8 (H9 (אֲבֵדָה))), from H5608 (סָפַר);
KJV Usage: bill, book, evidence, [idiom] learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.
TWOT Reference: 1540a,b
Outline of Biblical Usage
n f
1) book
n m
2) missive, document, writing, book
2a) missive
2a1) letter (of instruction), written order, commission, request, written decree
2b) legal document, certificate of divorce, deed of purchase, indictment, sign
2c) book, scroll
2c1) book of prophecies
2c2) genealogical register
2c3) law-book
2c4) book (of poems)
2c5) book (of kings)
2c6) books of the canon, scripture
2c7) record book (of God)
2d) book-learning, writing
2d1) be able to read (after verb 'to know')
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
סִפְרָה / סֵפֶר
sêpher / siphrâh
BDB Definition:
1) book (noun feminine)
2) missive, document, writing, book (noun masculine)
2a) missive
2a1) letter (of instruction), written order, commission, request, written decree
2b) legal document, certificate of divorce, deed of purchase, indictment, sign
2c) book, scroll
2c1) book of prophecies
2c2) genealogical register
2c3) law-book
2c4) book (of poems)
2c5) book (of kings)
2c6) books of the canon, scripture
2c7) record book (of God)
2d) book-learning, writing
2d1) be able to read (after verb to know)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H5608
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1540a, 1540b
Total KJV Occurrences: 186