סָפִר
sāpir
secretary
Strong's H5613NounAramaicTWOT 2891b

סָפִר (sāpir) is an Aramaic noun meaning secretary. It appears 6 times in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5613).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2891b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2891b)secretary, scribe
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

סָפִר noun, masculine: secretary, scribe

Strong's H5613 סָפֵר: a scribe (secular or sacred)
KJV:scribe.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2891: ספר spr — Root of: סְפַר book; סָפִר secretary, scribe

See it in Scripture

Ezra 4:8

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