H5437 · סָבַב

çâbab · saw-bab' · about, compass, turn, remove

H5437 (çâbab, pronounced saw-bab') is the Hebrew word סָבַב in Strong’s dictionary: to revolve, surround, or border. It appears 161 times in 152 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).

Strong’s entry

Original word: סָבַב (Hebrew)
Transliteration: çâbab
Pronunciation: saw-bab'
Derivation: a primitive root;
Definition: to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
Rendered in the KJV: 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).

In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)

161 occurrences in 152 verses (153 with English words of their own, 8 in the original with no English word of their own).

How the BSB renders it

“turned” ×7
“surrounded” ×5
“surround me” ×4
“away” ×3
“turn” ×3
“turning” ×3
“Fall in” ×2
“I will turn” ×2

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First 30 of 152 verses

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