HebrewH5439Adjective

סָבִיב

sa.viv

“around”

263Occurrences

H5439Strong's #

AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around

or (feminine) סְבִיבָה; from H5437 (סָבַב);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)

around/border subst 1) places round about, circuit, round about adv 2) in a circuit, a circuit, round about prep 3) in the circuit, from every side

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

H:A

Full Description

Hebrew Adjective

Occurrences

סָבִיב appears 263 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Ezk

Jeremiah

Exodus

Numbers

Leviticus

1 Kings

2 Chronicles

Psalms

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 10:9BSB

They stripped Saul, cut off his head, took his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among their people.

Deuteronomy 25:19BSB

When the LORD your God gives you rest from the enemies around you in the land that He is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you are to blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!

Ezk 36:3BSB

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Genesis 35:5BSB

As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.

Lamentations 1:17BSB