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סָבַב

sa.vavto turn: turnHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb161 occurrences25 books152 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
Traditional renderings: bring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, × whirl, × round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, × circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, round), drive, environ, × 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 Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders סָבַב:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

161 total
  1. 2 Samuel 3:12לְהָסֵ֥ב · to bring
    Then Abner sent messengers on his behalf to say to David, “To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and surely my hand will be with you to bring all Israel over to you.”
  2. 2 Samuel 5:23הָסֵב֙ · but circle
    So David inquired of the LORD, who answered, “Do not march straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.
  3. 2 Samuel 14:20סַבֵּב֙ · bring about
    Joab your servant has done this to bring about this change of affairs, but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that happens in the land.”
  4. 2 Samuel 14:24יִסֹּ֣ב · He may return; וַיִּסֹּ֤ב · returned
    But the king added, “He may return to his house, but he must not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, but he did not see the face of the king.
  5. 2 Samuel 18:15וַיָּסֹ֙בּוּ֙ · surrounded
    And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.
  6. 2 Samuel 18:30סֹ֖ב · Move aside; וַיִּסֹּ֖ב · aside
    “Move aside,” said the king, “and stand here.” So he stepped aside.
  7. 2 Samuel 20:12וַיַּסֵּב֩ · he dragged
    But Amasa wallowed in his blood in the middle of the road, and when the man saw that all the troops were stopping there, he dragged the body off the road into a field and threw a garment over it.
  8. 2 Samuel 22:6סַבֻּ֑נִי · entangled me
    The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
  9. 1 Kings 2:15וַתִּסֹּ֤ב · has turned
    “You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.
  10. 1 Kings 5:3סְבָבֻ֑הוּ · on all sides
    “As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet.
  11. 1 Kings 7:15יָסֹ֖ב
    He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
  12. 1 Kings 7:23יָסֹ֥ב
    He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.
  13. 1 Kings 7:24סֹבְבִ֣ים
    Below the rim, ornamental buds encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.
  14. 1 Kings 8:14וַיַּסֵּ֤ב · turned around
    And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all
  15. 1 Kings 18:37הֲסִבֹּ֥תָ · have turned
    Answer me, O LORD! Answer me, so that this people will know that You, the LORD, are God, and that You have turned their hearts back again.”
  16. 1 Kings 21:4וַיַּסֵּ֥ב · away
    So Ahab went to his palace, sullen and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had told him, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and refused to eat.
  17. 2 Kings 3:9וַיָּסֹ֕בּוּ · and after they had traveled a roundabout
    So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set out, and after they had traveled a roundabout route for seven days, they had no water for their army or for their animals.
  18. 2 Kings 3:25וַיָּסֹ֥בּוּ · surrounded it
    They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.
  19. 2 Kings 6:15סוֹבֵ֥ב · had surrounded
    When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, behold, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”
  20. 2 Kings 8:21הַסֹּבֵ֤יב · surrounded
    So Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night. His troops, however, fled to their homes.
  21. 2 Kings 9:18סֹ֣ב · Fall in
    So a horseman rode off to meet Jehu and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.” And the watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but he is not coming back.”
  22. 2 Kings 9:19סֹ֥ב · Fall in
    So the king sent out a second horseman, who went to them and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.”
  23. 2 Kings 16:18הֵסֵ֖ב · he removed
    And on account of the king of Assyria, he removed the Sabbath canopy they had built in the temple and closed the royal entryway outside the house of the LORD.
  24. 2 Kings 20:2וַיַּסֵּ֥ב · Then Hezekiah turned
    Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying,
  25. 2 Kings 23:34וַיַּסֵּ֥ב · and he changed
    Then Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt, where he died.
  26. 2 Kings 24:17וַיַּסֵּ֥ב · and changed
    Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.
  27. 1 Chronicles 10:14וַיַּסֵּב֙ · over
    …and he failed to inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.
  28. 1 Chronicles 12:23לְהָסֵ֞ב · over
    Now these are the numbers of men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, in accordance with the word of the LORD:
  29. 1 Chronicles 13:3וְנָסֵ֛בָּה · Then let us bring back
    Then let us bring back the ark of our God, for we did not inquire of Him in the days of Saul.”
  30. 1 Chronicles 14:14הָסֵב֙ · but circle around
    So David again inquired of God, who answered him, “Do not march up after them, but circle around them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.
  31. 1 Chronicles 16:43וַיִּסֹּ֥ב · returned home
    Then all the people departed for their homes, and David returned home to bless his household.
  32. 2 Chronicles 4:2יָסֹ֥ב
    He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.
  33. 2 Chronicles 4:3סוֹבְבִ֣ים
    Below the rim, figures of oxen encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.
  34. 2 Chronicles 6:3וַיַּסֵּ֤ב · turned around
    And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all
  35. 2 Chronicles 13:13הֵסֵב֙ · around
    Now Jeroboam had sent troops around to ambush from the rear, so that while he was in front of Judah, the ambush was behind them.
  36. 2 Chronicles 14:7וְנָסֵ֨ב · and surround them
    So he said to the people of Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, with doors and bars. The land is still ours because we have sought the LORD our God. We have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.
  37. 2 Chronicles 17:9וַיָּסֹ֙בּוּ֙ · They went
    They taught throughout Judah, taking with them the Book of the Law of the LORD. They went throughout the towns of Judah and taught the people.
  38. 2 Chronicles 18:31וַיָּסֹ֥בּוּ · So they turned
    When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “This is the king of Israel!” So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him. God drew them away from him.
  39. 2 Chronicles 21:9הַסּוֹבֵ֣ב · surrounded
    So Jehoram crossed into Edom with his officers and all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night.
  40. 2 Chronicles 23:2וַיָּסֹ֙בּוּ֙ · So they went throughout
    So they went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah and the heads of the families of Israel. And when they came to Jerusalem,
  41. 2 Chronicles 29:6וַיַּסֵּ֧בּוּ · away
    For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs on Him.
  42. 2 Chronicles 33:14וְסָבַ֣ב · and he brought it around
    After this, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and he brought it around the hill of Ophel and heightened it considerably. He also stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.
  43. 2 Chronicles 35:22הֵסֵב֩ · turn away
    Josiah, however, did not turn away from him; instead, in order to engage him in battle, he disguised himself. He did not listen to Neco’s words from the mouth of God, but went to fight him on the Plain of Megiddo.
  44. 2 Chronicles 36:4וַיַּסֵּ֥ב · and he changed
    Then Neco king of Egypt made Eliakim brother of Jehoahaz king over Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Eliakim’s brother Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt.
  45. Ezra 6:22וְֽהֵסֵ֞ב · and turned
    For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.
  46. Job 16:13יָ֘סֹ֤בּוּ · surround me
    His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.
  47. Job 40:22יְ֝סֻבּ֗וּהוּ · surround him
    The lotus plants conceal him in their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.
  48. Psalm 7:7תְּסוֹבְבֶ֑ךָּ · gather around You
    Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.