Lexicon :: Strong's H5592 - sap̄

סַף

Transliteration

sap̄

Pronunciation

saf

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From סָפַף (H5605), in its original sense of containing

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1538a,1538b

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

סַף çaph, saf; from H5605, in its original sense of containing; a vestibule (as a limit); also a dish (for holding blood or wine):—bason, bowl, cup, door (post), gate, post, threshold.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x

The KJV translates Strong's H5592 in the following manner: door (12x), threshold (8x), bason (4x), posts (3x), bowls (2x), gates (2x), cup (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x

The KJV translates Strong's H5592 in the following manner: door (12x), threshold (8x), bason (4x), posts (3x), bowls (2x), gates (2x), cup (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

a spreading out, basin, goblet, bowl
1. basin, goblet
threshold, sill
1. threshold, sill, door-keeper

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

סַף çaph, saf; from H5605, in its original sense of containing; a vestibule (as a limit); also a dish (for holding blood or wine):—bason, bowl, cup, door (post), gate, post, threshold.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H5592: Abbreviations

† I. סַף noun masculine basin, goblet (Late Hebrew סַף; Phoenician סף (Inscription of Tyre^{(1), 5, 6}) Schröd^{ZMG xxxix (1886), 317 f.} Cl-Gann^{Annales du Musée Guimet x. 511 = Recuell d'arch. orient.(1886), 89} Hal^{RÉJ xii.107} Bloch; but Lzb³³⁰ door-sill); — ס׳ absolutebasin Exodus 12:22 (twice in verse) (J; containing blood of passover lamb); construct סַףרַֿעַל Zechariah 12:2 goblet of reeling (intoxicating, figurative), probably also Habakkuk 2:15, where read מִסַּף חֲמָֽתְךָ from the goblet of thy fury (for MT ח'מְסַפֵּחַ, see I. ספח); plural absolute סַפּוֹת 2 Samuel 17:28 basins for ordinary use; הַסִּפִּים Jeremiah 52:19, הַסִּפּוֹת 1 Kings 7:50 and construct כֶּסֶף סִפּוֹת 2 Kings 12:14, of temple utensils.

II. סַף noun masculine^{Amos 9:1} threshold, sill (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician see Lzb¹. סַף; Aramaic סִפָּא, Arabic sippu Dl^{509, all} id.); — absolute ס׳ 2 Kings 12:10 +, also הַסָּ֑ף Judges 19:27 + 3 times (Baer Ginsb), הַסָּ֑ף 2 Kings 25:8; suffix סִפִּי Ezekiel 43:8, סִפָּם Ezekiel 43:8; plural סִפִּים Amos 9:1; Isaiah 6:4 + 6 times Ezra, Chronicles; — threshold, sill Judges 19:27; Amos 9:1; Isaiah 6:4; Ezekiel 41:16 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 43:8 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 3:7, הַבַּיִת ס׳ 1 Kings 14:17, הַשַּׁעַר ס׳ Ezekiel 40:6, 7, compare Ezekiel 40:6b שֹׁמֵרֹ הַסַּף = door-keeper, an important temple official, Jeremiah 35:4, so שֹׁמְרֵי הַסּ׳ 2 Kings 12:10 (priests), 2 Kings 22:4 2 Chronicles 34:9 (Levites!), 2 Kings 23:4; 2 Kings 25:18 = Jeremiah 52:24; in Persia, of palace Esther 2:21; Esther 6:2; of tabernacle הַסִּפִּים שׁ׳ 1 Chronicles 9:19; שֹׁעֲרֵי הַסּ׳ 2 Chronicles 23:4 (Levites), שֹׁעֲרִים בַּסּ׳ 1 Chronicles 9:22; collective חֹרֶב בַּסָּ֑ף Zephaniah 2:14 desolation in the thresholds.

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