H5595 סָפָה
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 20 KJV occurrences
סָפָה
çâphâh · saw-faw'
Definition
properly, to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively) together (i.e. to accumulate or increase) or away (i.e. to scatter, remove, or ruin; intransitively, to perish)
KJV Renderings
add, augment, consume, destroy, heap, join, perish, put.
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 20)
- Genesis 18:23¶ And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
- Genesis 19:15¶ And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
- Numbers 32:14And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
- Deuteronomy 32:23I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
- 1 Samuel 27:1And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
- Psalms 40:14Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
- Isaiah 13:15Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.
- Isaiah 30:1Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: