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בָּגַד H898

H898 is the Hebrew word בָּגַד, transliterated bâgad and said baw-gad'. The King James Version most often renders it transgressors.

Word: בָּגַדTransliteration: bâgadSaid: baw-gad'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 33 verses

What it means

to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage.

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 27 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

transgressors 8×dealt treacherously 6×treacherously 3×deal treacherously 2×transgressed 1×dealt deceitfully 1×transgress 1×behold i should offend 1×dealt unfaithfully 1×transgressor 1×unfaithful man 1×treacherous dealer 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: deal deceitfully (treacherously, unfaithfully), offend, transgress(-or), (depart), treacherous (dealer, -ly, man), unfaithful(-ly, man), [idiom] very.

Verses using בָּגַד

All 33 verses, quoted in full.

Judges 9:23 · KJV

Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:

1 Samuel 14:33 · KJV

Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day.

Job 6:15 · KJV

My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;

Psalm 25:3 · KJV

Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

Psalm 59:5 · KJV

Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.

Psalm 73:15 · KJV

If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

Psalm 78:57 · KJV

But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

Psalm 119:158 · KJV

I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.

Proverbs 2:22 · KJV

But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

Proverbs 11:3 · KJV

The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

Proverbs 11:6 · KJV

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

Proverbs 13:2 · KJV

A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

Proverbs 13:15 · KJV

Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.

Proverbs 21:18 · KJV

The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

Proverbs 23:28 · KJV

She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

Proverbs 25:19 · KJV

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

Isaiah 21:2 · KJV

A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

Isaiah 24:16 · KJV

From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.

Isaiah 33:1 · KJV

Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.

Isaiah 48:8 · KJV

Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

Jeremiah 3:8 · KJV

And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.

Jeremiah 3:11 · KJV

And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.

Jeremiah 3:20 · KJV

Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 5:11 · KJV

For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 12:6 · KJV

For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.

Lamentations 1:2 · KJV

She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.

Hosea 5:7 · KJV

They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.

Habakkuk 1:13 · KJV

Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

Habakkuk 2:5 · KJV

Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:

Malachi 2:10 · KJV

Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

Malachi 2:11 · KJV

Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.

Malachi 2:14 · KJV

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

Malachi 2:15 · KJV

And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

Common questions

What does Strong's H898 mean?

H898 is the Hebrew word בָּגַד (bâgad), meaning to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage.

How is H898 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it transgressors (8 times), dealt treacherously (6 times), treacherously (3 times), deal treacherously (2 times), transgressed (1 time), among others.

How many times does H898 appear in the Bible?

בָּגַד (bâgad) is tagged in 33 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H898 come from?

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

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