סַף
saph
basin
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word סַף (saph) refers to a "basin." This word appears 7 times in the Hebrew Bible. Given its definition as a container for holding liquids, we can infer that the word is used to denote a specific type of vessel. The range of usage suggests it might be employed in various contexts, such as everyday life, worship, or ritual practices. Though more research is required for a comprehensive understanding, the significance of this word at present can be seen in its presence in contexts that relate to cleanliness, purification, or worship practices. For instance, its use in certain ritual settings implies its importance in these contexts. Future analysis of specific passages and verses in which it appears will shed more light on its importance to Jewish and biblical traditions.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
7 total occurrences across the text
The captain of the guard took away the cups, the fire pans, the basins, the pots, the lamp stands, the spoons, and the bowls; that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver.
2 Samuel 17:28brought beds, basins, earthen vessels, wheat, barley, meal, parched grain, beans, lentils, roasted grain,
Zechariah 12:2“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling to all the surrounding peoples, and it will also be on Judah in the siege against Jerusalem.
Exodus 12:22You shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two door posts with the blood that is in the basin. None of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.
Exodus 12:22You shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two door posts with the blood that is in the basin. None of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.
1 Kings 7:50the cups, the snuffers, the basins, the spoons, and the fire pans, of pure gold; and the hinges, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, of the temple, of gold.
2 Kings 12:13But there were not made for Yahweh’s house cups of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into Yahweh’s house;