# סָפֵר (safer)

Israeli respelling: sa-fer. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H5613. 6 Old Testament occurrences.

a scribe (secular or sacred)

King James renderings: scribe.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/safer-h5613

## Occurrences

- [Ezra 4:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/4/8) — Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
- [Ezra 4:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/4/9) — Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelit…
- [Ezra 4:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/4/17) — Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samar…
- [Ezra 4:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/4/23) — Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to…
- [Ezra 7:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/7/12) — Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.
- [Ezra 7:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/7/21) — And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the…