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HebrewH5437Verb

סָבַב

sa.vav

136Occurrences
H5437Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
turn/bring_around 1) to turn, turn about or around or aside or back or towards, go about or around, surround, encircle, change direction 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn, turn about, be brought round, change 1a2) to march or walk around, go partly around, circle about, skirt, make a round, make a circuit, go about to, surround, encompass 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to turn oneself, close round, turn round 1b2) to be turned over to 1c) (Piel) to turn about, change, transform 1d) (Poel) 1d1) to encompass, surround 1d2) to come about, assemble round 1d3) to march, go about 1d4) to enclose, envelop 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to turn, cause to turn, turn back, reverse, bring over, turn into, bring round 1e2) to cause to go around, surround, encompass 1f) (Hophal) 1f1) to be turned 1f2) to be surrounded

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

סָבַב appears 136 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Samuel
12
2 Chronicles
12
Joshua
12
Ezk
11
Psalms
11
2 Kings
10
2 Samuel
8
1 Kings
7

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 10:14BSB

and he failed to inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.

2 Chronicles 23:2BSB

So they went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah and the heads of the families of Israel. And when they came to Jerusalem,

Deuteronomy 2:3BSB

“You have been wandering around this hill country long enough; turn to the north

Genesis 42:24BSB

And he turned away from them and wept. When he turned back and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and had him bound before their eyes.

Joshua 6:11BSB

So he had the ark of the LORD carried around the city, circling it once. And the people returned to the camp and spent the night there.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.