Know the Word.

Hebrew word

çâphâh

saw-faw'

סָפָה

What it means

properly, to scrape (literally, to shave

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)

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

  • consumed4
  • destroy3
  • add3
  • perish2
  • destroyed2
  • augment1
  • heap1
  • consume1

Every place it appears 19

Numbers16:2632:14
Deuteronomy29:1932:23
1 Chronicles21:12
Psalms40:14
Proverbs13:23
Jeremiah7:2112:4