Strong's Number H5595

סָפָה

caphah · saw-faw'

Transliteration:

caphah{saw-faw'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

1531

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

properly, to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively) together (i.e. to accumulate or increase) or away (i.e. to scatter, remove, or ruin; intransitively, to perish)

Usage in the KJV:

consume 1, destroy 3, add 3, perish 2, augment 1, heap 1, joined 1, put 1

Total: 20
Occurs 19 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

to sweep or snatch away, catch up, destroy, consume
1. (Qal)
  1. to be snatched away
  2. to sweep or snatch away
2. (Niphal)
  1. to be swept away, be destroyed
  2. to be caught up, be captured
3. (Hiphil) to catch up, gather