Strong's Hebrew #5617 - סְפַרְוַיִם Sepharvayim or Sepharim (a city conquered by the king of Assyr)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance dual (dual) Englishman's Concordance Sepharvaim = “the two Sipparas” 1) a city in Syria conquered by the king of Assyria 1a) perhaps near the modern ‘Mosaib’ and on the Euphrates above Babylon Part of Speech: noun proper locative A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: of foreign derivation Brown-Driver-Briggs סְפַרְוַ֫יִם proper name, of a location city conquered by king of Assyria; — ׳ס 2 Kings 17:14; 2 Kings 18:34 = סְפַוָ֑יִם Isaiah 36:19, עִיר סְפַרְוָ֑יִם 2 Kings 19:13 = Isaiah 37:13; סְפַרְוָ֑יִם also 2 Kings 17:31b Qr (Kt. ספרים); ᵐ5 Σεπφαρουαιν, Επφαρουαιμ, etc., ᵐ5L Σεπφαρειμ; — usually identification with Sippara (on a canal), between Bagdad and Babylon, a city in two parts, Sipp. of Samaš (modern Abbu Habba), and Sipp. of Anunitu(m) on opposed to side of canal, hence dual ׳ס = the two Sipparas SchrCOT 2 Kings 17:24, compare DlPar 209-212 TieleGeschichte. 88; this recently disputed, in view of mention with Hamath and other northern cities (2Kings 17:24 and especially 2 Kings 18:34), see HalZA ii. 401 ff. DiIsaiah 36:19 WklAlttest, Unters. 101 Benz2Kings 17:24 and others, who compare Šabara'in city conquered by Šalmanašarid IV (Wkl in SchrKB ii. 276); but this by no means certain. Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 5617. Sepharvayim or Sepharim — 6 Occurrences2 Kings 17:24 2 Kings 17:31 2 Kings 18:34 2 Kings 19:13 Isaiah 36:19 Isaiah 37:13 |