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H5437Hסָבַבsa.vav

to turn: surroundPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. 1
  5. 3
  6. 9
  7. 4
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1
  10. 3
  11. 4
  12. 5
  13. 1
  14. 6
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 2
  19. 18
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. 3
  22. 3
  23. Isaiah: 0
  24. 3
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 1
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. 2
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. 2
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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Other meanings of H5437

  • H5437Gסָבַבsa.vavto turn: turnH:VOccurrences: 78
  • H5437Iסָבַבsa.vavto turn: againH:VOccurrences: 2
  • H5437Jסָבַבsa.vavto turn: repellH:VOccurrences: 3
  • H5437Kסָבַבsa.vavto turn: changedH:VOccurrences: 4

74 occurrences in 71 verses

With their references and text in World English Bible.

  1. Genesis 19:4

    But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter.

    נָסַ֣בּוּ na.Sa.bu “they surrounded”

  2. Exodus 39:6

    They worked the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold, engraved with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel.

    מֻֽסַבֹּ֖ת mu.sa.Bot “surrounded”

  3. Exodus 39:13

    and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in gold settings.

    מֽוּסַבֹּ֛ת mu.sa.Bot “surrounded”

  4. Numbers 21:4

    They traveled from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.

    לִסְבֹ֖ב (סְבֹ֖ב) s.Vo “go around”

  5. Deuteronomy 2:1

    Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as Yahweh spoke to me; and we compassed Mount Seir many days.

    וַנָּ֥סָב (נָּ֥סָב) Na.sov “we went around”

  6. Deuteronomy 2:3

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

    סֹ֖ב so “going round”

  7. Deuteronomy 32:10

    He found him in a desert land, In the waste howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he cared for him, He kept him as the apple of his eye.

    יְסֹֽבְבֶ֙נְהוּ֙ (יְסֹֽבְבֶ֙) ye.soe.Ven. “he surrounded”

  8. Joshua 6:3

    You shall compass the city, all the men of war, going about the city once. Thus shall you do six days.

    וְסַבֹּתֶ֣ם (סַבֹּתֶ֣ם) sa.bo.Tem “you will go around”

  9. Joshua 6:4

    Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark: and the seventh day you shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.

    תָּסֹ֥בּוּ ta.So.bu “you will go round”

  10. Joshua 6:7

    They said to the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let the armed men pass on before the ark of Yahweh.

    וְסֹ֣בּוּ (סֹ֣בּוּ) So.bu “go round”

  11. Joshua 6:11

    So he caused the ark of Yahweh to compass the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

    וַיַּסֵּ֤ב (יַּסֵּ֤ב) i.ya.Sev “he caused to go around”

  12. Joshua 6:14

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

    וַיָּסֹ֨בּוּ (יָּסֹ֨בּוּ) i.ya.So.bu “they went around”

  13. Joshua 6:15

    It happened on the seventh day, that they rose early at the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on the day they compassed the city seven times.

    וַיָּסֹ֧בּוּ (יָּסֹ֧בּוּ) i.ya.So.bu “they went around”סָבְב֥וּ sa.ve.Vu “they went round”

  14. Joshua 7:9

    For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will compass us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what will you do for your great name?

    וְנָסַ֣בּוּ (נָסַ֣בּוּ) na.Sa.bu “they will surround”

  15. Joshua 15:10

    and the border turned about from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and passed along to the side of Mount Jearim on the north (the same is Chesalon), and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed along by Timnah;

    וְנָסַב֩ (נָסַב֩) na.Sav “it turns”

  16. Judges 11:18

    Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they encamped on the other side of the Arnon; but they didn't come within the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.

    וַיָּ֜סָב (יָּ֜סָב) i.Ya.sov “it went around”

  17. Judges 16:2

    [supplied: It was told] the Gazites, saying, Samson is come here. They compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, [supplied: Let be] until morning light, then we will kill him.

    וַיָּסֹ֛בּוּ (יָּסֹ֛בּוּ) i.ya.So.bu “they surrounded”

  18. Judges 19:22

    As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain base fellows, beset the house round about, beating at the door; and they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man who came into your house, that we may know him.

    נָסַ֙בּוּ֙ na.Sa.bu “they surrounded”

  19. Judges 20:5

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

    וַיָּסֹ֧בּוּ (יָּסֹ֧בּוּ) i.ya.So.bu “they surrounded”

  20. 1 Samuel 7:16

    He went from year to year in circuit to Bethel and Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all those places.

    וְסָבַב֙ (סָבַב֙) sa.Vav “he went round”

  21. 2 Samuel 5:23

    When David inquired of Yahweh, he said, You shall not go up: make a circuit behind them, and come on them over against the mulberry trees.

    הָסֵב֙ ha.Sev “go around”

  22. 2 Samuel 18:15

    Ten young men who bore Joab's armor compassed about and struck Absalom, and killed him.

    וַיָּסֹ֙בּוּ֙ (יָּסֹ֙בּוּ֙) i.ya.So.bu “they surrounded [him]”

  23. 2 Samuel 22:6

    The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came on me.

    סַבֻּ֑נִי (סַבֻּ֑) sa.Bu. “they surrounded”

  24. 1 Kings 5:3

    You know how that David my father could not build a house for the name of Yahweh his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until Yahweh put them under the soles of his feet.

    סְבָבֻ֑הוּ (סְבָבֻ֑) se.va.Vu. “they had surrounded”

  25. 1 Kings 7:15

    For he fashioned the two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits compassed either of them about.

    יָסֹ֖ב ya.So “it went round”