H5603: סָפַן
çâphan · pronounced saw-fan' · “to cover”
Definition
to hide by covering; specifically, to roof (passive participle as noun, a roof) or wainscot; figuratively, to reserve
KJV translates it as: cieled, cover, seated.
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to cover in, panel
1a2) covered, panelled (participle)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5603 is translated
- it was paneled ×2
- was reserved ×1
- he covered ×1
- paneled ×1
- covered ×1
Bible verses with H5603 (çâphan)
Çâphan appears in 6 verses.
- Deuteronomy 33:21
And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the Lord, and his judgments with Israel.
- 1 Kings 6:9
So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
- 1 Kings 7:3
And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
- 1 Kings 7:7
Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.
- Jeremiah 22:14
That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
- Haggai 1:4
Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?