Hebrew word study
סָפָה H5595
- Transliteration
- çâphâh
- Pronunciation
- saw-faw'
- KJV glosses
- add, augment, consume, destroy, heap, join, perish, put.
Lexical summary
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)
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
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)
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information