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סָבִיב H5439

H5439 is the Hebrew word סָבִיב, transliterated çâbîyb and said saw-beeb'. The King James Version most often renders it round about.

Word: סָבִיבTransliteration: çâbîybSaid: saw-beeb'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 226 verses

What it means

(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around.

Where it comes from

or (feminine) סְבִיבָה; from H5437 (סָבַב).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 231 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

round about 174×every side 17×about 15×thereof round about 11×against her round about 3×places about 3×compass 2×against it round about 2×themselves round about 1×also on every side 1×place round about 1×country round about 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.

Verses using סָבִיב

The first 40 of 226 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 23:17 · KJV

And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure

Genesis 35:5 · KJV

And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

Genesis 41:48 · KJV

And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.

Exodus 7:24 · KJV

And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.

Exodus 16:13 · KJV

And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.

Exodus 19:12 · KJV

And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:

Exodus 25:25 · KJV

And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.

Exodus 27:17 · KJV

All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.

Exodus 28:32 · KJV

And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.

Exodus 28:33 · KJV

And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:

Exodus 29:16 · KJV

And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.

Exodus 30:3 · KJV

And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.

Exodus 37:12 · KJV

Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about.

Exodus 37:26 · KJV

And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a crown of gold round about.

Exodus 38:16 · KJV

All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.

Exodus 38:20 · KJV

And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.

Exodus 38:31 · KJV

And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.

Exodus 39:23 · KJV

And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend.

Exodus 39:25 · KJV

And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates;

Exodus 39:26 · KJV

A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Exodus 40:8 · KJV

And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.

Exodus 40:33 · KJV

And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.

Leviticus 1:5 · KJV

And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Leviticus 1:11 · KJV

And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar.

Leviticus 3:8 · KJV

And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar.

Leviticus 7:2 · KJV

In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar.

Leviticus 8:15 · KJV

And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.

Leviticus 9:12 · KJV

And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron’s sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar.

Leviticus 14:41 · KJV

And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place:

Leviticus 25:31 · KJV

But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile.

Leviticus 25:44 · KJV

Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

Numbers 1:50 · KJV

But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.

Numbers 1:53 · KJV

But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.

Numbers 2:2 · KJV

Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father’s house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.

Numbers 3:26 · KJV

And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.

Numbers 3:37 · KJV

And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.

Numbers 4:26 · KJV

And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve.

Numbers 4:32 · KJV

And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden.

Numbers 11:24 · KJV

And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle.

Numbers 11:31 · KJV

And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day’s journey on this side, and as it were a day’s journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.

Common questions

What does Strong's H5439 mean?

H5439 is the Hebrew word סָבִיב (çâbîyb), meaning (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around.

How is H5439 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it round about (174 times), every side (17 times), about (15 times), thereof round about (11 times), against her round about (3 times), among others.

How many times does H5439 appear in the Bible?

סָבִיב (çâbîyb) is tagged in 226 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H5439 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or (feminine) סְבִיבָה; from H5437 (סָבַב).

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