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H5617 סְפַרְוַיִם (Çᵉpharvayim) sef-ar-vah'-yim

Hebrew
Noun
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Quick Definition

Sepharvaim

Biblical Persons & Places

Sepharvaim Sepharvaim
A location first mentioned at 2Ki.17.24; referred to as Sepharvaim (סְפַרְוַ֫יִם), or Sepharvaim (=Qere. Ketiv= Sepharim) (סְפַרְוִי).

Strong's Definition

Sepharvites

Derivation: (dual)

Outline of Biblical Usage

Sepharvaim = "the two Sipparas"
1) a city in Syria conquered by the king of Assyria
1a) perhaps near the modern 'Mosaib' and on the Euphrates above Babylon

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

סְפַרְוַ֫יִם (se.phar.va.yim) — Sepharvaim. Sepharvaim = "the two Sipparas" a city in Syria conquered by the king of Assyria 1a) perhaps near the modern 'Mosaib' and on the Euphrates above Babylon Also named: se.phar.vi (סְפַרְוִי "Sepharvaim" H5616)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

name · סְפַרְוִים

Names of Locations

Sepharvaim = town; ► its inhabitants were relocated to Samaria by the king of Assyria

2KI 17:24 · 2KI 17:31 · 2KI 18:34 · 2KI 19:13 · ISA 36:19 · ISA 37:13

1 2KI 17:31 MT-K ספרים

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

סְפַרְוַ֫יִם n.pr.loc. city conquered by king of Assyr.;—usu. identif. with Sippara (on a canal), between Bagdad and Babyl., a city in two parts base

Bible Occurrences (6)

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