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Lexicon :: Strong's H5462 - sāḡar

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סָגַר
Transliteration
sāḡar
Pronunciation
saw-gar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1462

Strong’s Definitions

סָגַר çâgar, saw-gar'; a primitive root; to shut up; figuratively, to surrender:—close up, deliver (up), give over (up), inclose, × pure, repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop, × straitly.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 91x

The KJV translates Strong's H5462 in the following manner: shut (40x), shut up (12x), deliver (9x), pure (8x), deliver up (7x), shut in (3x), give up (2x), gave over (2x), inclosed (1x), repaired (1x), closed (1x), shutting (1x), stop (1x), straitly (1x), together (1x), close up (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 91x
The KJV translates Strong's H5462 in the following manner: shut (40x), shut up (12x), deliver (9x), pure (8x), deliver up (7x), shut in (3x), give up (2x), gave over (2x), inclosed (1x), repaired (1x), closed (1x), shutting (1x), stop (1x), straitly (1x), together (1x), close up (1x).
  1. to shut, close

    1. (Qal)

      1. to shut

      2. to close, close up

      3. closed up, closely joined, shut up

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be shut up

      2. to be shut or closed

    3. (Piel) to shut up, deliver up

    4. (Pual) to be shut up

    5. (Hiphil)

      1. to deliver up

      2. to shut up, imprison

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סָגַר çâgar, saw-gar'; a primitive root; to shut up; figuratively, to surrender:—close up, deliver (up), give over (up), inclose, × pure, repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop, × straitly.
STRONGS H5462: Abbreviations
† I. סָגַר verb shut, close (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic H5463 סְגַר, bdb068809 id.; Zinjirli מסגרת prison Lzb328; Phoenician סגר Pi. or Hiph. deliver over; possibly Ethiopic bdb068810 (prison) guard PräBAS i. 371); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ס׳ Genesis 19:6 +, 3rd person plural סָֽגְרוּ 2 Chronicles 29:7, סָֽגְר֑וּ Psalm 17:10 (compare Baer's n., Ges§ 29 oii, 1, 535 Anm.), סָגָר֑וּ Genesis 19:10; Joshua 2:7; Imperfect יִסְגֹּר Job 12:14; Malachi 1:10, 1st person plural cohortative נִסְגְּרָה Nehemiah 6:10, etc.; Imperative masculine singular סְגֹר Psalm 35:3; Isaiah 26:20 (וּסֲגֹר Baer Ginsb), masculine plural סִגְרוּ 2 Kings 6:32; Infinitive construct לִסְגּוֺר Joshua 2:5; Participle active סֹגֵר Isaiah 22:22; feminine סֹגֶּרֶת Joshua 6:1 (but see below); passive סָגוּר 1 Kings 6:20 + 12 times; —
1. shut door (דֶּלֶת) Genesis 19:10 (J) 2 Kings 6:32; Malachi 1:10; Nehemiah 6:10; 2 Chronicles 28:24; 2 Chronicles 29:7; gate (שַׁעַר) Joshua 2:7 (JE) Ezekiel 46:12, compare Ezekiel 44:1, Ezekiel 44:2 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 46:1, לִסְגֹּר וַיְהִי הַשּׁ׳ Joshua 2:5 (JE), also (שַׁעַר omitted) Joshua 6:1 (si vera lectio; סֹגֶרֶת dittograph according to BuhlLex 13); door after one (אַחֲרֵי), on leaving room Genesis 19:6 (J); upon, behind, oneself, from within (בְּעַדwhich see) 2 Kings 4:4, 2 Kings 4:5, 2 Kings 4:33; Isaiah 26:20 (figurative), also (דֶּלֶת omitted) Judges 9:51; 2 Kings 4:21; with דֶּלֶת + בְּעַד upon one left inside Judges 3:23, and (דֶּלֶת omitted) Genesis 7:16 (J); figurative דַּלְתֵי בִטְנִי ס׳ Job 3:10, compare רַחְמָהּ ס׳ 1 Samuel 1:5, בְּעַד ס׳ רַחְמָהּ 1 Samuel 1:6; absolute shut (opposed to מָּתַח) Isaiah 22:22 (twice in verse); metaphor חֶלְבָּמוֺ ס׳ Psalm 17:10 their fat (i.e. gross, unreceptive heart) they have closed.
2.
a. close in upon (בְּעַד) Judges 3:22 (fat upon blade of sword), so possibly also וַיִּסְגֹּר בָּשָׂר תַּחְתֶּנָּה Genesis 2:21 (J) and flesh closed in, in place of it (usually and he closed flesh, i.e. closed the gap with flesh); עֲלֵיהֶם הַמִּדְבָּר ס׳ Exodus 14:3 the wilderness hath closed in upon them; object omitted, יִסְגֹּר עַלאִֿישׁ Job 12:14 he closeth in upon a man, figurative of imprisonment.
b. close up breach (מֶּרֶץ) [in wall] of city 1 Kings 11:27; possibly close up [path] (si vera lectio) Psalm 35:3 Vrss Ol De Bae; JDMich DeW Ew Hup-Now Che take סְגֹר here as weapon, usually battle-axe [Greek σάγαρις] of Massagetae Herodi. 215 compare LagGes. Abh. 203, also Egyptian sagartá (loan-word) Bondi55; both improbable, text probably corrupt; SchwZAW xi (1891), 258 reads חֲגֹר > HalRev. Sém. iii (1894), 47 עוּרָה (compare Psalm 59:5 [Psalm 59:4]).
3. Passive participle, closed up = closely joined with tight seal, Job 41:7 [Job 41:15] (of scales of crocodile).
4. elsewhere only Passive participle in זָהָב סָגוּר (gold shut up, and so prized, rare, fine ?), only of temple adornment and utensils 1 Kings 6:20, 1 Kings 6:21; 1 Kings 7:49, 1 Kings 7:50; 1 Kings 10:21 = 1 Chronicles 9:20; 1 Chronicles 4:20, 1 Chronicles 4:22; perhaps read סָגוּר (abbreviated for ס׳ ז׳) Job 28:15 (for MT סְגוֺר, so Hoffm Bu Du): compare Assyrian ḫurâṣu sakru, DlHWB 499.
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculinesingular נִסְגַּר 1 Samuel 23:7; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִסָּגֵר Ezekiel 46:2; 3rd person feminine singular jussive תִּסָּגֵר Numbers 12:14, וַתִּסָּגֵר Numbers 12:15; 3rd person masculine plural יִסָּנֵר֑וּ Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 60:11, וַיִּסָּֽגְרוּ Nehemiah 13:19; Imperative masculine singular הִסָּגֵר Ezekiel 3:24; —
1. subject person be shut up [in city] 1 Samuel 23:7, מִחוּץ לַמַּחֲנֶה Numbers 12:14, Numbers 12:15 (E); בְּתוֺךְ בַּיִת Ezekiel 3:24.
2. be shut, closed, of city gates Ezekiel 46:2; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 60:11 and (דלתות) Nehemiah 13:19.
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular סִגַּר 1 Samuel 26:8; 2 Samuel 18:28; suffix סִגְּרַנִי 1 Samuel 24:19 [1 Samuel 24:18]; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix יְסַגֶּרְךָ 1 Samuel 17:46; — deliver up to (leave no other opening for one, shut one up to), compare [H4042] [מָגַן], מִגֵּן, above), only Samuel: with accusative of person + בְּיַד 1 Samuel 17:46; 1 Samuel 24:19 [1 Samuel 24:18]; 1 Samuel 26:8; בְּיַד omitted 2 Samuel 18:28 (see also [H5462Hiph.).
Pu. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular סֻגַּר Isaiah 24:10; 3rd person plural סֻגְּרוּ Jeremiah 13:19, וְסֻגְּרוּ consecutive Isaiah 24:22; Participle feminine מְסֻגֶּ֫רֶת Joshua 6:1; — be shut up:
1. of cities Jeremiah 13:19 (opposed to מָּתַח), of beleaguered city Joshua 6:1 (JE), of houses Isaiah 24:10 (+ מִבּוֺא).
2. of prisoners עַלמַֿסְגֵּר Isaiah 24:22 = down into a dungeon.
3. of doors Ecclesiastes 12:14 [Ecclesiastes 12:4]
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִסְגִּיר Leviticus 14:46 +; 2nd person masculine singular suffix הִסְגַּרְתַּ֫נִי Psalm 31:9 [Psalm 31:8]; 1st person singular וְהִסְגַּרְתִּ֫י Amos 6:8, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַסְגִּיר Job 11:10, וַיַּסְגֵּר Psalm 78:48; Psalm 78:62; 2nd person masculine singular תַּסְגִּר Deuteronomy 23:16 [Deuteronomy 23:15], jussive תַּסְגֵּר Obadiah 14, etc.; Infinitive construct הַסְגִּיר Amos 1:6, suffix הַסְגִּירוֺ 1 Samuel 23:20, הַסְגִּירָם Amos 1:9; —
1. deliver up to (compare Pi.), with accusative of person + בְּיַד 1 Samuel 23:11, 1 Samuel 23:12, 1 Samuel 23:20; 1 Samuel 30:15; Joshua 20:5 (D) Psalm 31:9 [Psalm 31:8]; + לְ Amos 1:9; Psalm 78:50; Psalm 78:62, and (accusative of person omitted) Amos 1:6; + אֶלֿ Deuteronomy 23:16 [Deuteronomy 23:15]; Job 16:11; with accusative of animal + לְ Psalm 78:48; with accusative of person alone Deuteronomy 32:30; Obadiah 14, accusative omitted 1 Samuel 23:12; with accusative urb. alone Amos 6:8.
2. shut up (late; chiefly Leviticus 13; Leviticus 14 P):
a. with accusative of person Leviticus 13:5, Leviticus 13:11, Leviticus 13:21, Leviticus 13:26 compare Leviticus 13:4; Leviticus 13:31; Leviticus 13:33, so (absolute) = imprison Job 11:10; with accusative of thing Leviticus 13:54 compare Leviticus 13:50.
b. with accusative הַבַּיִת Leviticus 14:38 and (indefinite subject) Leviticus 14:46.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:21; 7:16; 19:6; 19:6; 19:10; 19:10

Exodus

14:3

Leviticus

13:4; 13:5; 13:11; 13:21; 13:26; 13:31; 13:33; 13:50; 13:54; 14:38; 14:46; 14:46

Numbers

12:14; 12:14; 12:15; 12:15

Deuteronomy

23:15; 23:15; 32:30

Joshua

2:5; 2:5; 2:7; 2:7; 6:1; 6:1; 6:1; 6:1; 20:5

Judges

3:22; 3:23; 9:51

1 Samuel

1:5; 1:6; 17:46; 17:46; 23:7; 23:7; 23:11; 23:12; 23:12; 23:20; 23:20; 24:18; 24:18; 26:8; 26:8; 30:15

2 Samuel

18:28; 18:28

1 Kings

6:20; 6:20; 6:21; 7:49; 7:50; 10:21; 11:27

2 Kings

4:4; 4:5; 4:21; 4:33; 6:32; 6:32

1 Chronicles

4:20; 4:22; 9:20

2 Chronicles

28:24; 29:7; 29:7

Nehemiah

6:10; 6:10; 13:19; 13:19

Job

3:10; 11:10; 11:10; 12:14; 12:14; 16:11; 28:15; 41:15

Psalms

17:10; 17:10; 31:8; 31:8; 35:3; 35:3; 59:4; 78:48; 78:48; 78:50; 78:62; 78:62

Ecclesiastes

12:4

Isaiah

22:22; 22:22; 24:10; 24:10; 24:22; 24:22; 26:20; 26:20; 45:1; 45:1; 60:11; 60:11

Jeremiah

13:19; 13:19

Ezekiel

3:24; 3:24; 44:1; 44:2; 46:1; 46:2; 46:2; 46:12

Amos

1:6; 1:6; 1:9; 1:9; 6:8; 6:8

Obadiah

1:14; 1:14

Malachi

1:10; 1:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5462 matches the Hebrew סָגַר (sāḡar),
which occurs 91 times in 87 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (2Ch 4:22–Mal 1:10)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:22 - and the snuffers and the bowls and the spoons and the firepans, of pure gold; and the entrance of the house, its inner doors for the Holy of Holies and the doors of the house, that is, of the nave, of gold.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:20 - Now all King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; silver was not considered [fn]valuable in the days of Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:24 - Ahaz gathered together the utensils of the house of God. Then he cut the utensils of the house of God in pieces; and he closed H5462 the doors of the house of Yahweh and made altars for himself in every corner of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:7 - “They have also shut H5462 the doors of the porch and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense or offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:10 -

Now I entered the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was [fn]confined at home, and he said, “Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us close H5462 the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you, and they are coming to kill you at night.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:19 -

Now it happened that just as it grew dark at the gates of Jerusalem before the sabbath, I said the word, and the doors were shut H5462. Then I said that they should not open them until after the sabbath. Then I had some of my young men stand at the gates so that no load would enter on the sabbath day.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:10 -

Because it did not shut H5462 the opening of my mother’s [fn]body,

Or hide trouble from my eyes.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:10 -

“If He sweeps by or shuts H5462 up H5462,

Or calls an assembly, who can turn Him around?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:14 -

“Behold, He pulls down, and it cannot be rebuilt;

He closes H5462 a man in H5462, and it cannot be opened.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:11 -

“God hands H5462 me over H5462 to ruffians

And tosses me into the hands of the wicked.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:15 -

Its [fn]strong scales are its pride,

Shut H5462 up H5462 as with a tight seal.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:10 -

They have closed H5462 their [fn]unfeeling heart,

With their mouth they speak proudly.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:8 -

And You have not given H5462 me over H5462 into the hand of the enemy;

You have set my feet in a large place.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:3 -

Draw also the spear and [fn]the battle-axe to meet those who pursue me;

Say to my soul, “I am your salvation.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:48 -

He gave H5462 over H5462 their cattle also to the hailstones

And their herds to bolts of lightning.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:50 -

He leveled a path for His anger;

He did not hold back their soul from death,

But gave H5462 over H5462 their life to the plague,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:62 -

He also gave H5462 over H5462 His people to the sword,

And [fn]was filled with wrath at His inheritance.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:4 - and the doors on the street are shut H5462 as the sound of the grinding mill is low, and one will arise at the sound of the bird, and all the daughters of song will [fn]sing softly.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:22 -

“Then I will set the key of the house of David on his shoulder,

When he opens no one will shut H5462,

When he shuts H5462 no one will open.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:10 -

The city of chaos is broken down;

Every house is shut H5462 up H5462 so that none may enter.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:22 -

They will be gathered together

Like prisoners in the [fn]pit,

And will be confined H5462 in H5462 prison;

And after many days they will be punished.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:20 -

Come, my people, enter into your rooms

And close H5462 your doors behind you;

Hide for a little [fn]while

Until indignation passes by.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:1 -

Thus says Yahweh to Cyrus His anointed,

Whom I have taken hold of by his right hand,

To subdue nations before him

And [fn]to loose the loins of kings,

To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut H5462:

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:11 -

“Your gates will be open continually;

They will not be closed H5462 day or night,

So that men may bring to you the wealth of the nations,

With their kings led in procession.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:19 -

The cities of the Negev have been closed H5462 up H5462,

And there is no one to open them;

All Judah has been taken away into exile,

Wholly taken away into exile.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:7 -

Zayin

The Lord has rejected His altar;

He has abandoned His sanctuary;

He has delivered H5462 into the hand of the enemy

The walls of her palaces.

They have made a noise in the house of Yahweh

As in the day of an appointed time.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:24 - The Spirit then entered me and caused me to stand on my feet, and He spoke with me and said to me, “Go, shut H5462 yourself up H5462 in H5462 your house.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:1 -

Then He brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which faces the east; and it was shut H5462.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:2 - Yahweh said to me, “This gate shall be shut H5462; it shall not be opened, and no one shall enter by it, for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has entered by it; therefore it shall be shut H5462.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:1 -

‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “The gate of the inner court facing east shall be shut H5462 the six working days; but it shall be opened on the sabbath day and opened on the day of the new moon.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:2 - “Then the prince shall enter by way of the porch of the gate from outside and stand by the post of the gate. Then the priests shall provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate and then go out; but the gate shall not be shut H5462 until the evening.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:12 - “And when the prince provides a freewill offering, a burnt offering, or peace offerings as a freewill offering to Yahweh, the gate facing east shall be opened for him. And he shall provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings as he does on the sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and the gate shall be shut H5462 after he goes out.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:6 -

Thus says Yahweh,

“For three transgressions of Gaza and for four

I will not turn back its punishment

Because they took away into exile the whole community of exiles

To deliver H5462 it up H5462 to Edom.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:9 -

Thus says Yahweh,

“For three transgressions of Tyre and for four

I will not turn back its punishment

Because they delivered H5462 up H5462 the whole community of exiles to Edom

And did not remember the covenant of [fn]brotherhood.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:8 -

Lord Yahweh has sworn by Himself, Yahweh God of hosts has declared:

“I abhor the lofty pride of Jacob

And hate his citadels;

Therefore I will deliver H5462 up H5462 the city as well as its fullness.”

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:14 -

“Do not stand at the fork of the road

To cut down those among them who escape;

And do not deliver H5462 over H5462 their survivors

In the day of their distress.

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:10 - “Oh that there were one among you who would shut H5462 the [fn]gates, that you might not light a fire on My altar in vain! I have no delight in you,” says Yahweh of hosts, “nor will I accept an offering from your hand.

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