סָגַד
sa.gad
“to prostrate”
Definition
to prostrate oneself (in homage)
a primitive root;
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
סָגַד appears 4 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
It serves as fuel for man.He takes some of it to warm himself,and he kindles a fireand bakes his bread;he even fashions it into a god and worships it;he makes an idol and bows down to it.
From the rest he makes a god, his graven image.He bows down to it and worships;he prays to it and says,“Save me, for you are my god.”
And no one considers in his heart,no one has the knowledge or insight to say,“I burned half of it in the fire,and I baked bread on its coals;I roasted meat and I ate.Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it?Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”
They pour out their bags of goldand weigh out silver on scales;they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god,so they can bow down and worship.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.