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סְפַרְוִי

se.phar.vi

Sepharvaim

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Strong’s H5616Proper name, a people or place1 time in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

sepharvites1

In the text

2 Kings 17:31וְהַסְפַרְוִים
the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[סְפַרְוִי] adj.gent. of Sepharvaim, only 2 K 17:31a.

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.