Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Concordance Definition

Strong's H5437: סָבַב (çâbab) Definition

Strong's number
H5437
Lemma
סָבַב
Transliteration
çâbab
Pronunciation
saw-bab'
Strong's definition
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively bring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, [idiom] whirl, [idiom] round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, [idiom] circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, round), drive, environ, [idiom] on every side, beset (close, come, compass, go, stand) round about, inclose, remove, return, set, sit down, turn (self) (about, aside, away, back). a primitive root;

148 instances of the word סָבַב çâbab (H5437)


  • Genesis 42:24 - And he turned himself about from them and wept and returned to them again and communed with them and took from them Simeon and bound him before their eyes

  • Habakkuk 2:16 - Thou art filled with shame for glory drink thou also and let thy foreskin be uncovered shall be turned the cup right hand of the LORD'S unto thee and shameful spewing for glory

  • Hosea 7:2 - And they consider not in their hearts all their wickedness that I remember have beset them about now their own doings they are before my face

  • Hosea 11:12 - compasseth me about with lies Ephraim with deceit and the house of Israel but Judah yet ruleth with God with the saints and is faithful

  • Isaiah 23:16 - Take an harp go about the city thou harlot that hast been forgotten make sweet melody sing many songs that thou mayest be remembered

  • Isaiah 28:27 - with a threshing instrument are not threshed For the fitches wheel neither is a cart and the cummin turned about with a staff are beaten out For the fitches and the cummin with a rod

  • Isaiah 38:2 - turned Then Hezekiah his face toward the wall and prayed unto the LORD

  • Jeremiah 6:12 - shall be turned And their houses unto others with their fields and wives together for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land saith the LORD

  • Jeremiah 21:4 - Thus saith the LORD God of Israel Behold I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon and against the Chaldeans which besiege you without the walls and I will assemble them into the midst of this city

  • Jeremiah 31:22 - How long wilt thou go about daughter O thou backsliding hath created for the LORD a new thing in the earth A woman shall compass a man

  • Jeremiah 31:39 - shall yet go forth And the measuring over against it upon the hill Gareb and shall compass about to Goath

  • Jeremiah 41:14 - cast about So all the people had carried away captive that Ishmael from Mizpah and returned unto Johanan the son of Kareah

  • Jeremiah 52:21 - And concerning the pillars was eighteen cubits the height And concerning the pillars of one and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it and the thickness thereof was four fingers it was hollow

  • Job 16:13 - compass me round about His archers asunder my reins and doth not spare he poureth out upon the ground my gall

  • Job 40:22 - cover The shady trees him with their shadow compass him about the willows of the brook

  • Jonah 2:3 - For thou hadst cast me into the deep in the midst of the seas and the floods compassed me about all thy billows and thy waves passed over

  • Jonah 2:5 - compassed me about The waters even to the soul the depth closed me round about the weeds were wrapped about my head

  • Joshua 6:3 - And ye shall compass the city of war and go round about the city once Thus shalt thou do six days

  • Joshua 6:4 - And seven and the priests shall bear And seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark day and the seventh ye shall compass the city And seven times and the priests shall blow trumpets

  • Joshua 6:7 - And he said unto the people Pass on and compass the city and let him that is armed Pass on before the ark of the LORD