King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H5603
Transliteration: saphan
Phonetic Spelling: (saw-fan')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to cover, cover in, panel
Meaning: to hide by covering, to roof, wainscot, to reserve
Word Summary
saphan: to cover, cover in, panel
Original Word: סָפַןTransliteration: saphan
Phonetic Spelling: (saw-fan')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to cover, cover in, panel
Meaning: to hide by covering, to roof, wainscot, to reserve
Strong's Concordance
cieled, cover, seated A primitive root; to hide by covering; specifically, to roof (passive participle as noun, a roof) or wainscot; figuratively, to reserve -- cieled, cover, seated.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5603. saphan
[סָפַן, once, erroneous, ׳שׂ]
verb cover, cover in, panel (Late Hebrew סָפַן is respect, care for; Phoenician מספנת roof, Lzb330; Aramaic סְפַן Ithpe`el be covered, overlaid; Assyrian sapânu (sometimes šapânu!), cover, over-whelm Dl508; sapannu, concealment, obscurity, depth (of sea); Ethiopic invalescere, percrebescere, praevalere, Di406); —
Qal Imperfect3masculine singular גֵּבִים אֶתהַֿבַּיִת וַיִּסְמֹּן 1 Kings 6:9 and he covered in the house with beams (?); Infinitive absolute בָּאָ֑רֶז סָפוֺן Jeremiah 22:14 (reading with JDMich Hi Gf Or Gie Co, סָפוֺן חַלּוֺנָיו, for וְסָפוּן חַלּוֺנַי ᵑ0, compare DrSm xxx) covering (it) in, panelling (it) with cedar; Passive participle בְּאֶרֶז סָפוּן 1 Kings 7:7, בְּאֶרֶז סָפֻן 7:3; plural סְפוּנִים בְּבָֽתֵּיכֶם Haggai 1:14 in your panelled houses. — סָפוּן strangely = reserved, laid up, Deuteronomy 33:21, and = hidden 33:19 חוֺל טְמֻנֵי שְׂפֻנֵי (only here with שׂ; both in sense of צָפוּן [read this ?], compare Dr).