Definition

properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book

Etymology

or (feminine) סִפְרָה; (Psalm 56:8 (H9 (אֲבֵדָה))), from H5608 (סָפַר);

Where the KJV renders it

• bill
• book
• evidence
• learn(-ed) (-ing)
• letter
• register
• scroll

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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