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Sophereth <a href="../hebrew/5619.htm" title="5619">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Sophereth: Sophereth</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">סֹפֶרֶת</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Proper Name Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>Cophereth<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>soh-feh-reth<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(so-feh'-reth)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Sophereth<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>Sophereth<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the root סָפַר (saphar), meaning "to count" or "to recount."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>There is no direct Greek equivalent for Sophereth, as it is a proper noun specific to the Hebrew context. However, the Greek term for "scribe" or "writer," γραμματεύς (grammateus), shares a conceptual link to the root of Sophereth.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>Sophereth is a proper noun used as a name in the Hebrew Bible. It is the name of a family or group of temple servants who returned from the Babylonian exile with Zerubbabel. The name itself may imply a connection to scribal or administrative duties, given its root meaning related to counting or recounting.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>The return from Babylonian exile was a significant event in Jewish history, marking the restoration of the Jewish community in Jerusalem and the rebuilding of the temple. The temple servants, or Nethinim, were a group assigned to assist the Levites in the service of the temple. Their roles were crucial in re-establishing the religious practices and maintaining the temple's operations. The mention of Sophereth among these servants highlights the importance of every group and family in the collective effort to restore worship in Jerusalem.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from the same as <a href="/hebrew/5612.htm">sepher</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>father of some returning exiles<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Hassophereth (1), Sophereth (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">סֹפֶ֫רֶת</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>proper name, masculine</b></font> in <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">בְּנֵיהַֿמּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezra/2-55.htm">Ezra 2:55</a> a family of returned exiles (<font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font> <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Ασεφηραθ</font>, A <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Ασεφοραθ</font>, <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font><sup>L</sup> <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Ασωφερεθ</font>) = <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">בְּנֵיסֿ</font> <a href="/interlinear/nehemiah/7-57.htm">Nehemiah 7:57</a> (<font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font> <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Σαφαραθ</font>(<font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">ι</font>) <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font><sup>L</sup> <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Ασοφερεθ</font>). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>Sophereth <p>Feminine active participle of <a href="/hebrew/5608.htm">caphar</a>; a scribe (properly, female); Sophereth, a temple servant -- Sophereth. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/5608.htm">caphar</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>הַסֹּפֶ֖רֶת הספרת סוֹפֶ֖רֶת סופרת has·sō·p̄e·reṯ hassoFeret hassōp̄ereṯ sō·w·p̄e·reṯ soFeret sōwp̄ereṯ<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/ezra/2-55.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 2:55</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/2.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">סֹטַ֥י בְּנֵי־ <b> הַסֹּפֶ֖רֶת </b> בְּנֵ֥י פְרוּדָֽא׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the sons <span class="itali">of Hassophereth,</span> the sons<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the children <span class="itali">of Sophereth,</span> the children<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/2-55.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of Sotai the sons <span class="itali">of Hassophereth</span> the sons of Peruda<p><b><a href="/text/nehemiah/7-57.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Nehemiah 7:57</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/nehemiah/7.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">סוֹטַ֥י בְּנֵי־ <b> סוֹפֶ֖רֶת </b> בְּנֵ֥י פְרִידָֽא׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/nehemiah/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the sons <span class="itali">of Sophereth,</span> the sons<br><a href="/kjvs/nehemiah/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the children <span class="itali">of Sophereth,</span> the children<br><a href="/interlinear/nehemiah/7-57.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of Sotai the sons <span class="itali">of Sophereth</span> the sons of Perida<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5618.htm">2 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5618.htm">Strong's Hebrew 5618<br>2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/hassoferet_5618.htm">has·sō·p̄e·reṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/soferet_5618.htm">sō·w·p̄e·reṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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