H5613 סָפֵר (çâphêr) saw-fare'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Aramaic)

Quick Definition

scribe

Strong's Definition

a scribe (secular or sacred)

Derivation: (Aramaic) from the same as H5609 (סְפַר);

KJV Usage: scribe.

TWOT Reference: 2891b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) scribe, secretary

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

סָפִר (sa.pher) — scribe. scribe, secretary Aramaic of so.pher (סֹפֵר "secretary" H5608B)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[סָפִר] n.m. secretary, scribe base

Bible Occurrences (2)

3:12 8:9

Esther 3:12

On the thirteenth... day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman... commanded the royal... satraps, the governors of each province...,... and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.

Esther 8:9

At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third [day]... of the third... month the month of Sivan they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127...... provinces from India to Cush [writing] to each province... in its own script,... to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.