Strong's Concordance/Hebrew/H5592

Strong's H5592 · Hebrew

סַף

çaph · /saf/

Number
H5592
Language
Hebrew
Original word
סַף
Transliteration
çaph
Pronunciation
saf
KJV occurrences
28 verses

Definition

a vestibule (as a limit); also a dish (for holding blood or wine)

KJV: bason, bowl, cup, door (post), gate, post, threshold.

Root / derivation: from H5605 (סָפַף), in its original sense of containing;

KJV usage breakdown

How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered סַף across 28 verses.

door10×
threshold6×
posts3×
bason2×
basons2×
bowls2×
doors2×
gates2×
thresholds2×
cup1×

Every occurrence (KJV)

28 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.

Exodus1 verse
Judges1 verse
2 Samuel1 verse
1 Kings2 verses
2 Kings5 verses
2 Kings 12:9

But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD. door: Heb. threshold

2 Kings 12:13

Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD:

2 Kings 22:4

Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people: door: Heb. threshold

2 Kings 23:4

And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel.

2 Kings 25:18

And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: door: Heb. threshold

1 Chronicles2 verses
2 Chronicles3 verses
Esther2 verses
Isaiah1 verse
Jeremiah3 verses
Ezekiel4 verses
Ezekiel 40:6

Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad. which looketh: Heb. whose face was the way toward the east

Ezekiel 40:7

And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.

Ezekiel 41:16

The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered; cieled: Heb. cieling of wood and from: or, and the ground unto the windows

Ezekiel 43:8

In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger. and the: or, for there was but a wall between me and them

Amos1 verse
Zephaniah1 verse
Zechariah1 verse

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Frequently asked questions

What does Strong's H5592 (çaph) mean?

a vestibule (as a limit); also a dish (for holding blood or wine)

How many times does H5592 appear in the Bible?

Strong's H5592 (סַף) appears in 28 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “door.”

How is çaph translated in the KJV?

In the KJV, Strong's H5592 is rendered as “door” (10×), “threshold” (6×), “posts” (3×), “bason” (2×), among other words.

Where does the Hebrew word סַף come from?

from H5605 (סָפַף), in its original sense of containing;