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Strong's H5592 סַף (caph)

Caph means “bason” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G5592 — psychos (“cold”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H5592
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 28
Books 14

Strong's H5592 Quick Answer

Strong's H5592 סַף (caph) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. caph (saf) n-m. 1. a vestibule (as a limit) 2. also a dish (for holding blood or wine) It has 28 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include blood and also. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
caph (saf) n-m. 1. a vestibule (as a limit) 2. also a dish (for holding blood or wine)
Usage
28 linked usages
Books
14 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
blood and also

Meaning and Definition

caph (saf) n-m. 1. a vestibule (as a limit) 2. also a dish (for holding blood or wine) [from H5605, in its original sense of containing] KJV: bason, bowl, cup, door (post), gate, post, threshold. Root(s): H5605

Original Word
סַף
Transliteration
caph
Derivation
First root strongs: 5605
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5592. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H5592 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render caph, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's H5592 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 28 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H5592 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H5592 in the Old Testament

28 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Exodus 12:22 KJV

And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.

Judges 19:27 KJV

And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold.

2 Samuel 17:28 KJV

Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,

Usage Excerpts

First 28 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5592.

Exodus 12:22 Old Testament, KJV
And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.
Judges 19:27 Old Testament, KJV
And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold.
2 Samuel 17:28 Old Testament, KJV
Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,
1 Kings 7:50 Old Testament, KJV
And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple.
1 Kings 14:17 Old Testament, KJV
And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;
2 Kings 12:9 Old Testament, KJV
But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.
2 Kings 12:13 Old Testament, KJV
Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD:
2 Kings 22:4 Old Testament, KJV
Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:
2 Kings 23:4 Old Testament, KJV
And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel.
2 Kings 25:18 Old Testament, KJV
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
1 Chronicles 9:19 Old Testament, KJV
And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry.
1 Chronicles 9:22 Old Testament, KJV
All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
2 Chronicles 3:7 Old Testament, KJV
He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
2 Chronicles 23:4 Old Testament, KJV
This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors;
2 Chronicles 34:9 Old Testament, KJV
And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.
Esther 2:21 Old Testament, KJV
In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.
Esther 6:2 Old Testament, KJV
And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
Isaiah 6:4 Old Testament, KJV
And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
Jeremiah 35:4 Old Testament, KJV
And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:
Jeremiah 52:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away.
Jeremiah 52:24 Old Testament, KJV
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
Ezekiel 40:6 Old Testament, KJV
Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.
Ezekiel 40:7 Old Testament, KJV
And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.
Ezekiel 41:16 Old Testament, KJV
The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;
Ezekiel 43:8 Old Testament, KJV
In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger.
Amos 9:1 Old Testament, KJV
I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
Zephaniah 2:14 Old Testament, KJV
And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds; for he shall uncover the cedar work.
Zechariah 12:2 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5592, grouped by book.

Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 5 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 3 usages, Old Testament
Esther 2 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 4 usages, Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H5592 FAQ

What does caph (סַף) mean?

Caph (Strong's H5592) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "bason". caph (saf) n-m. 1. a vestibule (as a limit) 2. also a dish (for holding blood or wine)

How many times is caph (סַף) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 28 linked usages for Strong's H5592 across 14 books.

Where can I study caph (סַף) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5592 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate caph (סַף)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as blood and also. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.