Hebrew word study

סָבַבçâbab to revolve, surround, or border

Pronounced “saw-bab'

to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively

Translated in the King James as: 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).

Appears 160 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis 5×
Genesis 2:11Genesis 2:13Genesis 19:4Genesis 37:7Genesis 42:24
Exodus 4×
Exodus 13:18Exodus 28:11Exodus 39:6Exodus 39:13
Numbers 6×
Numbers 21:4Numbers 32:38Numbers 34:4Numbers 34:5Numbers 36:7Numbers 36:9
Deuteronomy 3×
Deuteronomy 2:1Deuteronomy 2:3Deuteronomy 32:10
Joshua 12×
Joshua 6:3Joshua 6:4Joshua 6:7Joshua 6:11Joshua 6:14Joshua 6:15Joshua 7:9Joshua 15:3Joshua 15:10Joshua 16:6Joshua 19:14+ 1 more in Joshua
Judges 5×
Judges 11:18Judges 16:2Judges 18:23Judges 19:22Judges 20:5
1 Samuel 14×
1 Sam 5:81 Sam 5:91 Sam 5:101 Sam 7:161 Sam 15:121 Sam 15:271 Sam 16:111 Sam 17:301 Sam 18:111 Sam 22:171 Sam 22:181 Sam 22:22+ 2 more in 1 Samuel
2 Samuel 10×
2 Sam 3:122 Sam 5:232 Sam 14:202 Sam 14:242 Sam 18:152 Sam 18:302 Sam 20:122 Sam 22:6+ 2 more in 2 Samuel
1 Kings 8×
1 Ki 2:151 Ki 5:31 Ki 7:151 Ki 7:231 Ki 7:241 Ki 8:141 Ki 18:371 Ki 21:4
2 Kings 10×
2 Ki 3:92 Ki 3:252 Ki 6:152 Ki 8:212 Ki 9:182 Ki 9:192 Ki 16:182 Ki 20:22 Ki 23:342 Ki 24:17
1 Chronicles 5×
1 Chr 10:141 Chr 12:231 Chr 13:31 Chr 14:141 Chr 16:43
2 Chronicles 13×
2 Chr 4:22 Chr 4:32 Chr 6:32 Chr 13:132 Chr 14:72 Chr 17:92 Chr 18:312 Chr 21:92 Chr 23:22 Chr 29:62 Chr 33:142 Chr 35:222 Chr 36:4
Ezra 1×
Ezra 6:22
Job 2×
Job 16:13Job 40:22
Psalms 22×
Psalms 7:7Psalms 17:11Psalms 18:5Psalms 22:12Psalms 22:16Psalms 26:6Psalms 32:7Psalms 32:10Psalms 48:12Psalms 49:5Psalms 55:10Psalms 59:6Psalms 59:14Psalms 71:21Psalms 88:17Psalms 109:3Psalms 114:3Psalms 114:5Psalms 118:10Psalms 118:11Psalms 118:12+ 1 more in Psalms
Proverbs 1×
Proverbs 26:14
Ecclesiastes 7×
Eccles 1:6Eccles 2:20Eccles 7:25Eccles 9:14Eccles 12:5+ 2 more in Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon 5×
Song 2:17Song 3:2Song 3:3Song 5:7Song 6:5
Isaiah 3×
Isaiah 23:16Isaiah 28:27Isaiah 38:2
Jeremiah 6×
Jeremiah 6:12Jeremiah 21:4Jeremiah 31:22Jeremiah 31:39Jeremiah 41:14Jeremiah 52:21
Ezekiel 12×
Ezekiel 1:9Ezekiel 1:12Ezekiel 1:17Ezekiel 7:22Ezekiel 10:11Ezekiel 10:16Ezekiel 26:2Ezekiel 41:7Ezekiel 41:24Ezekiel 42:19Ezekiel 47:2+ 1 more in Ezekiel
Hosea 2×
Hosea 7:2Hosea 11:12
Jonah 2×
Jonah 2:3Jonah 2:5
Habakkuk 1×
Habakkuk 2:16
Zechariah 1×
Zech 14:10

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