Study Dictionary
NAVE: Hassophereth Sophereth
SMITH: SOPHERETH
ISBE: HASSOPHERETH SOPHERETH
Hassophereth
In Bible versions:
Hassophereth: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEVSophereth: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
the head of a group of "Solomon's servants" who returned from exile
Leader of a clan of "Solomon's Slaves" back from exile (OS)
scribe, numbering
Leader of a clan of "Solomon's Slaves" back from exile (OS)
scribe, numbering
Hebrew
Strongs #05618: trpo Cophereth
Sophereth = "writing"1) an ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel
5618 Cophereth so-feh'-reth
feminine active participle of 5608; a scribe (properly,female); Sophereth, a temple servant:-Sophereth.
see HEBREW for 05608
Sophereth [NAVE]
SOPHERETH, a servant of Solomon, whose descendants returned from captivity to Jerusalem, Ezra 2:55; Neh. 7:57.SOPHERETH [SMITH]
(writing). "The children of Sophereth" were a family who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel among the descendants of Solomon?s servants. (Ezra 2:55; Nehemiah 7:57) (B.C. before 536.)SOPHERETH [ISBE]
SOPHERETH - so-fe'-reth, sof'-e-reth, so'-fe-reth (cophereth): One of the remnant returning from captivity (Ezr 2:55 the King James Version; Neh 7:57). In the Revised Version (British and American) of Ezr 2:55 it is "Hassophereth," the definite article being transliterated.