Strong's Hebrew · H5437
H5437 çâbab
סָבַב
saw-bab'
to turn
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çâbab appears 160 times in Scripture, including Genesis 2:11 and Exodus 13:18. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
In the King James Version
bring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, × whirl, × round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, × circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, round), drive, environ, × on every side, beset (close, come, compass, go, stand) round about, inclose, remove, return, set, sit down, turn (self) (about, aside, away, back).
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 160 times in Scripture
“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.”
“Engrave the names of the sons of Israel on the two stones the way a gem cutter engraves a seal. Then mount the stones in gold filigree settings.”
“and the fourth row had a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. These stones were mounted in gold filigree settings.”
“So God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the Israelites left the land of Egypt arrayed for battle.”
“The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.”
“All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.”
“They mounted the onyx stones in gold filigree settings, engraved like a seal with the names of the sons of Israel.”
“Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.”
“We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.””
“The name of the first river is the Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
