Strong's Hebrew · H5462
H5462 çâgar
סָגַר
saw-gar'
to shut
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çâgar appears 91 times in Scripture, including Genesis 2:21 and Exodus 14:3. 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 shut up; figuratively, to surrender
In the King James Version
close up, deliver (up), give over (up), inclose, × pure, repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop, × straitly.
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 91 times in Scripture
“But the men inside reached out, pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.”
“For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, ‘They are wandering the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in.’”
“But if the priest examines the scaly infection and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days.”
“But when the priest examines it, if there is no white hair in it, and it is not beneath the skin and has faded, the priest shall isolate him for seven days.”
“If, however, the spot on his skin is white and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days.”
“So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.”
“Lot went outside to meet them, shutting the door behind him.”
“On the seventh day the priest is to reexamine him, and if he sees that the infection is unchanged and has not spread on the skin, the priest must isolate him for another seven days.”
“And they entered, the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.”
“But if the priest examines it and there is no white hair in the spot, and it is not beneath the skin but has faded, the priest shall isolate him for seven days.”
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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).
