ΣΕΠΦ, σεπφ
SEPPH, sepph
Sounds Like: seh-FAR-vah-eem
Translations: Sepharvaim
From the root: ΣΕΠΦΑΡΟΥΑΙΝ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This word is a proper noun referring to Sepharvaim, an ancient city in Mesopotamia, mentioned in the Old Testament. It was one of the cities from which the Assyrian king brought people to settle in Samaria after the exile of the Israelites. The inhabitants of Sepharvaim worshipped their own gods, Adrammelech and Anammelech, and were known for sacrificing their children by fire to these deities.
Inflection: Does not inflect
Strong’s number: H8217 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 20:18
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΕΠΦΑΡΟΥΑΙΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΣΕΠΦΑΡΟΥΑΙΝ — Sepharvaim
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