Strong's Hebrew · H5603
סָפַן
çâphan · saw-fan'
Definitionto hide by covering; specifically, to roof (passive participle as noun, a roof) or wainscot; figuratively, to reserve
Derivationa primitive root;
KJV usagecieled, cover, seated.
Occurrences6 in the KJV · 6 verses
סָפַן in Scripture
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?