שָׂגַב
sâgab · saw-gab'
to be (causatively, make) lofty, especially inaccessible; by implication, safe, strong; used literally and figuratively
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to be (causatively, make) lofty, especially inaccessible; by implication, safe, strong; used literally and figuratively
- to be (causatively, make) lofty, especially inaccessible
- by implication, safe, strong
- used 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: defend, exalt, be excellent, (be, set on) high, lofty, be safe, set up (on high), be too strong.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- 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 consume, to destroy › to carry, to lift up › the house, what is within
To consume, to destroy that works to carry, to lift up of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׂגַב 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
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- defend2 · 10%
- alone shall be exalted2 · 10%
- is exalted2 · 10%
- too strong1 · 5%
- may be exalted1 · 5%
- exalteth1 · 5%
- set me up on high1 · 5%
- him: i will set him on high1 · 5%
- on high1 · 5%
- for me; it is high1 · 5%
- alone is excellent1 · 5%
- into it, and is safe1 · 5%
- and as an high1 · 5%
- shall be safe1 · 5%
- shall set up1 · 5%
- the lofty1 · 5%
- in a high1 · 5%
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.