Strong’s
H5617Proper name, a place6 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- 2 Kings 17:24וּסְפַרְוַיִם
Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.
- Isaiah 36:19סְפַרְוָיִם
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
Brown-Driver-Briggs
סְפַרְוַ֫יִם n.pr.loc. city conquered by king of Assyr.;—usu. identif. with Sippara (on a canal), between Bagdad and Babyl., a city in two parts
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.