סָבִיב
çâbîyb · saw-beeb'
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
Lexicon
Derivation: or (feminine) סְבִיבָה; from H5437 (סָבַב);
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
- (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs
- but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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 hand that works › the house, what is within
To support and uphold of the house, what is within of the hand that works of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סָבִיב 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
336 occurrences · 336 OT · 0 NT · 93 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- round about167 · 64%
- thereof round about16 · 6%
- on every side13 · 5%
- that are round about9 · 3%
- that were round about7 · 3%
- it round about5 · 2%
- about5 · 2%
- are round about5 · 2%
- against it round about4 · 2%
- them round about4 · 2%
- which are round about3 · 1%
- them on every side2 · 1%
- that are about2 · 1%
- to them that are round about2 · 1%
- to it round about2 · 1%
- is round about2 · 1%
- and in the places about2 · 1%
- is on every side2 · 1%
- against her round about2 · 1%
- in his place round about1 · 0%
- also on every side1 · 0%
- all that are round about1 · 0%
- from about1 · 0%
- for themselves round about1 · 0%
- which was round about1 · 0%
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.