Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H5437

סָבַב

sa.vav · “to turn: turn

Used 158 times across 25 books

Definition
: 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
Where it appears
Genesis
5
Exodus
1
Numbers
6
Deuteronomy
3
Joshua
13
Judges
5
1 Samuel
14
2 Samuel
10
1 Kings
8
2 Kings
10
1 Chronicles
5
2 Chronicles
13
Ezra
1
Job
2
Psalms
23
Proverbs
1
Ecclesiastes
7
Song of Solomon
5
Isaiah
3
Jeremiah
6
Ezekiel
11
Hosea
2
Jonah
2
Habakkuk
1
Zechariah
1
In the text
Genesis 2:11The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;Genesis 2:13And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.Genesis 19:4But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:Genesis 37:7For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.Genesis 42:24And 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.Exodus 13:18But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.Numbers 21:4And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.Numbers 32:38And Nebo, and Baal–meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.Numbers 34:4And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh–barnea, and shall go on to Hazar–addar, and pass on to Azmon:Numbers 34:5And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.

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