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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. Psalm 17:11סְבָבוּנִי · surround us
    They have tracked us down, and now surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground,
  2. Psalm 18:5סְבָב֑וּנִי · entangled me
    The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
  3. Psalm 22:12סְ֭בָבוּנִי · surround me
    Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
  4. Psalm 22:16סְבָב֗וּנִי · surround me
    For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
  5. Psalm 26:6וַאֲסֹבְבָ֖ה · that I may go about
    I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,
  6. Psalm 32:7תְּס֖וֹבְבֵ֣נִי · You surround me
    You are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah
  7. Psalm 32:10יְסוֹבְבֶֽנּוּ׃ · surrounds him
    Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.
  8. Psalm 48:12סֹ֣בּוּ · March around
    March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,
  9. Psalm 49:5יְסוּבֵּֽנִי׃ · surround me
    Why should I fear in times of trouble, when wicked usurpers surround me?
  10. Psalm 55:10יְסוֹבְבֻ֥הָ · they encircle
    Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.
  11. Psalm 59:6וִיס֥וֹבְבוּ · and prowling around
    They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
  12. Psalm 59:14וִיס֥וֹבְבוּ · and prowling around
    They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
  13. Psalm 71:21וְתִסֹּ֥ב · once again
    You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.
  14. Psalm 88:17סַבּ֣וּנִי · they engulf me
    All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.
  15. Psalm 109:3סְבָב֑וּנִי · They surround me
    They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
  16. Psalm 114:3יִסֹּ֥ב · turned
    The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;
  17. Psalm 114:5תִּסֹּ֥ב · that you turned
    Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,
  18. Psalm 118:10סְבָב֑וּנִי · surrounded me
    All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
  19. Psalm 118:11סַבּ֥וּנִי · They surrounded me; סְבָב֑וּנִי · on every side
    They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
  20. Psalm 118:12סַבּ֤וּנִי · They swarmed around me
    They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
  21. Proverbs 26:14תִּסּ֣וֹב · turns
    As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.
  22. Ecclesiastes 1:6וְסוֹבֵ֖ב · then turns; סוֹבֵ֤ב׀ · round; סֹבֵב֙ · [and] round
    The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.
  23. Ecclesiastes 2:20וְסַבּ֥וֹתִֽי · began
    So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.
  24. Ecclesiastes 7:25סַבּ֨וֹתִֽי · directed
    I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.
  25. Ecclesiastes 9:14וְסָבַ֣ב · surrounded it
    There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.
  26. Ecclesiastes 12:5וְסָבְב֥וּ · walk
    …when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels—for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.
  27. Song of Solomon 2:17סֹב֩ · turn
    Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.
  28. Song of Solomon 3:2וַאֲסוֹבְבָ֣ה · and go about
    I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.
  29. Song of Solomon 3:3הַסֹּבְבִ֖ים · on their rounds
    I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”
  30. Song of Solomon 5:7הַסֹּבְבִ֥ים · on their rounds
    I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls.
  31. Song of Solomon 6:5הָסֵ֤בִּי · away
    Turn your eyes away from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down from Gilead.
  32. Isaiah 23:16סֹ֥בִּי · stroll through
    “Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”
  33. Isaiah 28:27יוּסָּ֑ב · is not rolled
    Surely caraway is not threshed with a sledge, and the wheel of a cart is not rolled over the cumin. But caraway is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod.
  34. Isaiah 38:2וַיַּסֵּ֧ב · turned
    Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,
  35. Jeremiah 6:12וְנָסַ֤בּוּ · will be turned over
    Their houses will be turned over to others, their fields and wives as well, for I will stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land,” declares the LORD.
  36. Jeremiah 21:4מֵסֵב֮ · I will turn
    …this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city.
  37. Jeremiah 31:22תְּס֥וֹבֵֽב · will shelter
    How long will you wander, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the land—a woman will shelter a man.”
  38. Jeremiah 31:39וְנָסַ֖ב · and then turn
    The measuring line will once again stretch out straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn toward Goah.
  39. Jeremiah 41:14וַיָּסֹ֙בּוּ֙ · turned
    …and all the people whom Ishmael had taken captive at Mizpah turned and went over to Johanan son of Kareah.
  40. Jeremiah 52:21יְסֻבֶּ֑נּוּ · in circumference
    Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.
  41. Ezekiel 1:9יִסַּ֣בּוּ · turn
    …and their wings were touching one another. They did not turn as they moved; each one went straight ahead.
  42. Ezekiel 1:12יִסַּ֖בּוּ · turning
    Each creature went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they moved.
  43. Ezekiel 1:17יִסַּ֖בּוּ · pivoting
    As they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved.
  44. Ezekiel 7:22וַהֲסִבּוֹתִ֤י · I will turn
    I will turn My face away from them, and they will defile My treasured place. Violent men will enter it, and they will defile it.
  45. Ezekiel 10:11יִסַּ֖בּוּ · turning; יִסַּ֖בּוּ · turning
    When they moved, they would go in any of the four directions, without turning as they moved. For wherever the head faced, the cherubim would go in that direction, without turning as they moved.
  46. Ezekiel 10:16יִסַּ֧בּוּ · veer away
    When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved beside them, and even when they spread their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not veer away from their side.