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סָפָה H5595

H5595 is the Hebrew word סָפָה, transliterated çâphâh and said saw-faw'. The King James Version most often renders it add.

Word: סָפָהTransliteration: çâphâhSaid: saw-faw'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 19 verses

What it means

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).

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 17 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

add 3×wilt thou also destroy 2×consumed 2×destroyed 2×lest thou be consumed 1×theirs lest ye be consumed 1×augment 1×heap 1×perish 1×now perish 1×destroy 1×also consume 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: add, augment, consume, destroy, heap, join, perish, put.

Verses using סָפָה

All 19 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 18:23 · KJV

And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

Genesis 18:24 · KJV

Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

Genesis 19:15 · KJV

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 in the iniquity of the city.

Numbers 16:26 · KJV

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 in all their sins.

Numbers 32:14 · KJV

And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.

Deuteronomy 29:19 · KJV

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 drunkenness to thirst:

Deuteronomy 32:23 · KJV

I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.

1 Samuel 12:25 · KJV

But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.

1 Samuel 26:10 · KJV

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.

1 Samuel 27:1 · KJV

And David said in his heart, I shall now perish 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 · KJV

Either three years’ famine; or three months to be destroyed 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.

Psalm 40:14 · KJV

Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

Proverbs 13:23 · KJV

Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

Isaiah 7:20 · KJV

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 the beard.

Isaiah 13:15 · KJV

Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.

Isaiah 29:1 · KJV

Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.

Isaiah 30:1 · KJV

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 sin to sin:

Jeremiah 7:21 · KJV

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.

Jeremiah 12:4 · KJV

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, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.

Common questions

What does Strong's H5595 mean?

H5595 is the Hebrew word סָפָה (çâphâh), meaning 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).

How is H5595 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it add (3 times), wilt thou also destroy (2 times), consumed (2 times), destroyed (2 times), lest thou be consumed (1 time), among others.

How many times does H5595 appear in the Bible?

סָפָה (çâphâh) is tagged in 19 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H5595 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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