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).
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
Occurrences
161 total
- Ezekiel 26:2נָסֵ֣בָּה · it has swung open“Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The gate to the nations is broken; it has swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will be filled,’
- Ezekiel 41:7וְֽנָסְבָה֩The side rooms surrounding the temple widened at each successive level, because the structure surrounding the temple ascended by stages corresponding to the narrowing of the temple wall as it rose upward. And so a stairway went up from the lowest story to the highest, through the middle one.
- Ezekiel 41:24מוּסַבּ֣וֹת · swinging…and each door had two swinging panels. There were two panels for one door and two for the other.
- Ezekiel 42:19סָבַ֖ב · And he came aroundAnd he came around and measured the west side to be five hundred cubits long.
- Ezekiel 47:2וַיְסִבֵּ֙נִי֙ · and led me aroundNext he brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and there I saw the water trickling out from the south side.
- Hosea 7:2סְבָב֣וּם · are all around themBut they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.
- Hosea 11:12סְבָבֻ֤נִי · surrounds MeEphraim surrounds Me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.
- Jonah 2:3יְסֹבְבֵ֑נִי · swirled about meFor You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.
- Jonah 2:5יְסֹבְבֵ֑נִי · closed around meThe waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.
- Habakkuk 2:16תִּסּ֣וֹב · will come aroundYou will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.
- Zechariah 14:10יִסּ֨וֹב · will be turnedAll the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.