Sophereth
סֹפֶ֫רֶתStrong’s H5618sopheret (so-phe-ret)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sopheret is the Hebrew word usually translated “sophereth”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,”
Meaning
- A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.55; also called Hassophereth at Ezr.2.55
How it's translated
- the sophereth 1
- sophereth 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 1
- Nehemiah 1
2 books in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
סֹפֶ֫רֶת sopheret · 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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.