Quick Definition
Sophereth
Biblical Persons & Places
Sophereth
Man living at the time of Exile and Return
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.55;
referred to as Sophereth or Hassophereth (סֹפֶ֫רֶת).
Strong's Definition
Sophereth, a temple servant
Derivation: feminine active participle of H5608 (סָפַר); a scribe (properly, female);
KJV Usage: Sophereth.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Sophereth = "writing"
1) an ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
סֹפֶ֫רֶת (so.phe.ret) — Sophereth. A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.55; also called Hassophereth at Ezr.2.55; § Sophereth = "writing" an ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
סֹפֶ֫רֶת n.pr.m. a family of returned exiles base