Strong H5603סָפַן
to cover
- Transliteration
- sâphan
- Pronunciation
- saw-fan'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root; to hide by covering; specifically to roof (passive participle as {noun} a roof) or wainscot; figuratively to reserve: - {cieled} {cover} seated.
Detailed definition
1) to cover, cover in, wainscotted, covered with boards or panelling
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to cover in, panel
1a2) covered, panelled (participle)
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to cover in, panel
1a2) covered, panelled (participle)
In the Bible
Strong H5603 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- cover3
- cieled2
- seat1
First verses
- Deuteronomy 33:21And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the Lord, and his judgments with Israel.
- 1 Kings 6:9So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
- 1 Kings 7:3And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
- 1 Kings 7:7Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.
- Jeremiah 22:14That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
- Haggai 1:4Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?