Strong H5616סְפַרְוִי

Sepharvaim

Transliteration
sepharvîy
Pronunciation
sef-ar-vee'
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location in Gentilic sense

Definition

Patrial from H5617; a Sepharvite or inhabitant of Sepharvain: - Sepharvite.

Meaning of the name

Sepharvites see Sepharvaim = "enumeration"

Detailed definition

Sepharvaim was one of the cities from which the Assyrians brought people to resettle in Samaria after the deportation of the Israelites (2 Ki. 17:24, 31; 18:34; 19:13; Isa. 36:19; 37:13).

In the biblical story

Sepharvaim

City of origin for people resettled in Samaria

Sepharvaim was one of the cities from which the Assyrians brought people to resettle in Samaria after the deportation of the Israelites (2 Ki. 17:24, 31; 18:34; 19:13; Isa. 36:19; 37:13).

In the Bible

Strong H5616 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • sepharvites1

First verses

  1. 2 Kings 17:31
    And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
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