שָׂפַן
sâphan · H8226 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to cover
Exact meaning unsure; possibly: causative action by which someone puts an object on top of or in front of something else
ExamplesDeuteronomy 33:19 “They will call peoples to the mountain; There they will offer righteous sacrifices; For they will draw out the abundance of the seas, And the hidden treasures of the sand.”
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- טָמַןto hide oneself 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יָנַקto suck 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- גְּנַז gᵉnaz · H1596 · treasure
- Hebrew term for treasuries or hidden stores, semantically related to the concept of treasuring and storing valuables
In the other Testament 1 word
- θησαυρός thēsaurós · G2344 · storeroom, treasure room, money box
- Greek nominal equivalent for treasure, the standard translation equivalent for Hebrew words denoting treasure
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Cover002003001005
- This verb denotes hiding something away for safekeeping, as in Deuteronomy 33:19's reference to peoples drawing out the hidden treasures of the sand.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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