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סָבַב H5437

H5437 is the Hebrew word סָבַב, transliterated çâbab and said saw-bab'. The King James Version most often renders it turned.

Word: סָבַבTransliteration: çâbabSaid: saw-bab'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 143 verses

What it means

to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively.

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 88 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

turned 22×compassed 15×compass 12×turn 9×about 5×went about 5×compassed me about 5×turned about 4×go about 4×compasseth 3×fetch a compass 2×remove 2×

Strong's own list of renderings: bring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, [idiom] whirl, [idiom] round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, [idiom] circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, round), drive, environ, [idiom] on every side, beset (close, come, compass, go, stand) round about, inclose, remove, return, set, sit down, turn (self) (about, aside, away, back).

Verses using סָבַב

The first 40 of 143 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 2:11 · KJV

The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

Genesis 2:13 · KJV

And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

Genesis 19:4 · KJV

But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

Genesis 37:7 · KJV

For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.

Genesis 42:24 · KJV

And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.

Exodus 13:18 · KJV

But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.

Numbers 21:4 · KJV

And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.

Numbers 34:4 · KJV

And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon:

Numbers 34:5 · KJV

And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.

Numbers 36:7 · KJV

So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

Numbers 36:9 · KJV

Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance.

Deuteronomy 2:1 · KJV

Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.

Deuteronomy 2:3 · KJV

Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.

Deuteronomy 32:10 · KJV

He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

Joshua 6:3 · KJV

And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

Joshua 6:4 · KJV

And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.

Joshua 6:7 · KJV

And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD.

Joshua 6:11 · KJV

So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

Joshua 6:14 · KJV

And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.

Joshua 6:15 · KJV

And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.

Joshua 7:9 · KJV

For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?

Joshua 15:3 · KJV

And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:

Joshua 15:10 · KJV

And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:

Joshua 16:6 · KJV

And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;

Joshua 18:14 · KJV

And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.

Joshua 19:14 · KJV

And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel:

Judges 11:18 · KJV

Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.

Judges 16:2 · KJV

And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.

Judges 18:23 · KJV

And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?

Judges 19:22 · KJV

Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.

Judges 20:5 · KJV

And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.

1 Samuel 5:8 · KJV

They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither.

1 Samuel 5:9 · KJV

And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.

1 Samuel 5:10 · KJV

Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.

1 Samuel 7:16 · KJV

And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.

1 Samuel 15:12 · KJV

And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.

1 Samuel 15:27 · KJV

And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.

1 Samuel 16:11 · KJV

And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.

1 Samuel 17:30 · KJV

And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.

1 Samuel 18:11 · KJV

And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.

Common questions

What does Strong's H5437 mean?

H5437 is the Hebrew word סָבַב (çâbab), meaning to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively.

How is H5437 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it turned (22 times), compassed (15 times), compass (12 times), turn (9 times), about (5 times), among others.

How many times does H5437 appear in the Bible?

סָבַב (çâbab) is tagged in 143 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H5437 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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