H5437 סָבַב
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 162 KJV occurrences
סָבַב
çâbab · saw-bab'
Definition
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
KJV Renderings
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).
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 162)
- Genesis 2:11The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
- Joshua 6:14And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.
- 1 Samuel 5:10¶ Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.
- 2 Samuel 22:6The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
- 2 Kings 24:17¶ And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
- Job 16:13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
- Psalms 118:10All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.
- Jeremiah 31:22¶ How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.