סָבַב
çâbab · saw-bab'
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
- to revolve, surround, or border
- used in various applications, literally and figuratively
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
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).
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › the house, what is within › the house, what is within
To support and uphold of the house, what is within of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סָבַב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
161 occurrences · 161 OT · 0 NT · 130 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- turned6 · 9%
- compassed5 · 7%
- about4 · 6%
- turn4 · 6%
- did compass4 · 6%
- they compassed3 · 4%
- shall be turned3 · 4%
- and compassed3 · 4%
- shall compass3 · 4%
- and they turned3 · 4%
- and turned3 · 4%
- compassed me about3 · 4%
- compasseth2 · 3%
- went about2 · 3%
- remove2 · 3%
- go about2 · 3%
- they compassed me about2 · 3%
- and go round about2 · 3%
- have compassed2 · 3%
- returned2 · 3%
- turned about2 · 3%
- they turned2 · 3%
- round about2 · 3%
- the same is it that compasseth1 · 1%
- is it which compasseth1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.