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Sepharvaim — the meaning of the Hebrew name סְפַרְוַיִם

סְפַרְוַיִם

Çᵉpharvayim · pronounced sef-ar-vah'-yim · Strong's H5617 · a place

Sepharvaim means (dual).

Strong's definition

(dual); or סְפָרִים; of foreign derivation; Sepharvajim or Sepharim.

First appearance

2Kgs 17:24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof. (KJV)

Every verse that names Sepharvaim

6 occurrences in 6 verses — 2 Kings, Isaiah

2Kgs 17:242Kgs 17:312Kgs 18:342Kgs 19:13Isa 36:19Isa 37:13

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