בָּגַד
ba.gad
“to act treacherously”
Definition
to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
a primitive root;
- to act treacherously, deceitfully, deal treacherously 1a) (Qal) to act or deal treacherously, faithlessly, deceitfully, offend
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Occurrences
בָּגַד appears 37 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
Then someone reported to Saul: “Look, the troops are sinning against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.”“You have broken faith,” said Saul. “Roll a large stone over here at once.”
From the ends of the earth we hear singing:“Glory to the Righteous One.”But I said, “I am wasting away! I am wasting away!Woe is me.”The treacherous betray;the treacherous deal in treachery.
And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah.
Yet you ask, “Why?”It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
but the wicked will be cut off from the land,and the unfaithful will be uprooted.
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