Strong's Lexicon sephinah: Ship, vessel Original Word: סְפִינָה Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to cover or contain. Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Greek equivalent often used in the New Testament is "πλοῖον" (ploion - Strong's Greek 4143), which also means ship or boat. Usage: The term "sephinah" refers to a ship or vessel, typically used for sea travel or transport. In the context of the Hebrew Bible, it denotes a large boat used for carrying people or goods across bodies of water. Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient times, ships were crucial for trade, travel, and military purposes. The Israelites, though not primarily a seafaring people, were familiar with ships due to their interactions with neighboring maritime cultures such as the Phoenicians. Ships were often seen as symbols of commerce and exploration but also of danger and the unknown, given the unpredictable nature of the sea. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom saphan Definition a vessel, ship NASB Translation ship (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs סְפִינָה noun feminine vessel, ship (covered in, overlaid, with sheathing, deck, etc.; Aramaic  ; on Arabic  as loan-word see Frä216); — only ׳יַרְכְּתַי הַסּ Jonah 1:5. ספף (√ of following, meaning unknown). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance ship From caphan; a (sea-going) vessel (as ceiled with a deck) -- ship. see HEBREW caphan Forms and Transliterations הַסְּפִינָ֔ה הספינה has·sə·p̄î·nāh hassefiNah hassəp̄înāhLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Jonah 1:5 HEB: אֶל־ יַרְכְּתֵ֣י הַסְּפִינָ֔ה וַיִּשְׁכַּ֖ב וַיֵּרָדַֽם׃ NAS: into the hold of the ship, lain down KJV: into the sides of the ship; and he lay, INT: into the hold of the ship lain and fallen 1 Occurrence |
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