Hebrew word study

שָׁגָהshâgâh — to stray (causatively, mislead), usually (figuratively) t…

Pronounced “shaw-gaw'”

to stray (causatively, mislead), usually (figuratively) to mistake, especially (morally) to transgress; by extension (through the idea of intoxication) to reel, (figuratively) be enraptured

Translated in the King James as: (cause to) go astray, deceive, err, be ravished, sin through ignorance, (let, make to) wander.

Appears 21 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Leviticus — 1×
Leviticus 4:13
Numbers — 1×
Numbers 15:22
Deuteronomy — 1×
Deuteronomy 27:18
1 Samuel — 1×
1 Sam 26:21
Job — 3×
Job 6:24Job 12:16Job 19:4
Psalms — 3×
Psalms 119:10Psalms 119:21Psalms 119:118
Proverbs — 6×
Proverbs 5:19Proverbs 5:20Proverbs 5:23Proverbs 19:27Proverbs 20:1Proverbs 28:10
Isaiah — 3×
Isaiah 28:7+ 2 more in Isaiah
Ezekiel — 2×
Ezekiel 34:6Ezekiel 45:20

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