סָפָה
çâphâh(saw-faw')
“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)”
20 occurrencesOld TestamentUncommon Word
Definition
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)
Translated in KJV as
addaugmentconsumedestroyheapjoinperishput.
Etymology
a primitive root;
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“And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair…”