Strongs Number: H5595
- Hebrew Word
- סָפָה
- Transliteration
- çâphâh
- Phonetic
- saw-faw'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
properly to scrape (literally to shave; but usually figuratively) together (that {is} to accumulate or increase) or away (that {is} to {scatter} remove or ruin; intransitively to perish)
- BDB Definition
-
1. to sweep or snatch away, catch up, destroy, consume
a. (Qal)
1. to be snatched away
2. to sweep or snatch away
b. (Niphal)
1. to be swept away, be destroyed
2. to be caught up, be captured
c. (Hiphil) to catch up, gather
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- {add} {augment} {consume} {destroy} {heap} {join} {perish} put.