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Lexicon :: Strong's H5439 - sāḇîḇ

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סָבִיב
Transliteration
sāḇîḇ
Pronunciation
saw-beeb'
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Part of Speech
adjective, adverb, substantive
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1456b

Strong’s Definitions

סָבִיב çâbîyb, saw-beeb'; or (feminine) סְבִיבָה çᵉbîybâh; from H5437; (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around:—(place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 308x

The KJV translates Strong's H5439 in the following manner: round about (252x), on every side (26x), about 24 compass (2x), about us (2x), circuits (1x), about them (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 308x
The KJV translates Strong's H5439 in the following manner: round about (252x), on every side (26x), about 24 compass (2x), about us (2x), circuits (1x), about them (1x).
substantive

  1. places round about, circuit, round about

    adverb

  2. in a circuit, a circuit, round about

    preposition

  3. in the circuit, from every side

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סָבִיב çâbîyb, saw-beeb'; or (feminine) סְבִיבָה çᵉbîybâh; from H5437; (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around:—(place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.
STRONGS H5439: Abbreviations
סָבִיב 336 substantive, used mostly as adverb and preposition, circuit, round about: — construct סְבִיב †Amos 3:11; plural construct סְבִיבֵי †Jeremiah 32:44; Jeremiah 33:13, suffix סְבִיבֶיךָ etc. (10 times), much oftener סְבִיבוֺת Exodus 7:24 22 times, סְבִיבוֺתַי, תֶיךָ-, etc., Deuteronomy 17:14, etc. (48 times): —
1. in singular —
a. as substantive 1 Chronicles 11:8 מןהֿמלוא וְעַדהַֿסָּבִיב and to the parts round about.
b. as adverb accusative סָבִיב (in) a circuit, i.e. round about, Genesis 23:17 בְּכָלגְּֿבֻלוֺ סָבִיב Exodus 19:12; Exodus 25:11, Exodus 25:24, Exodus 25:25; Leviticus 1:5, Leviticus 1:11 עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ סָבִיב, Judges 20:29; 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 5:11 [1 Kings 4:31]; Psalm 3:7 [Psalm 3:6] שָׁתוּ עָלָ֑י אֲשֶׁר ס׳, Psalm 12:9 [Psalm 12:8]; Psalm 34:8 [Psalm 34:7] + often; sometimes doubled, for the sake of emphasis, 2 Chronicles 4:3; Ezekiel 8:10 ס׳ עַל הַקִּיר ס׳, Ezekiel 37:2; Ezekiel 40:5 and often in Ezekiel 40-43.
c. as preposition:
(a) †Amos 3:11 צַר וּסְבִיב הָאָרֶץ distress, and that in the circuit of (= round about) the land (but read probably with Syriac Version יְסֹבֵב will encircle).
(b) סָבִיב לְ׳ Exodus 16:13; Exodus 40:33; Numbers 1:50, Numbers 1:53; Numbers 2:2; Judges 7:21; 1 Kings 6:5; 1 Kings 18:32, 1 Kings 18:35; Ezekiel 41:10; Ezekiel 14:16; Job 19:12; Psalm 34:8 [Psalm 34:7]; Psalm 78:28; Psalm 125:2 (twice in verse) סָבִיב לְעַמּוֺ י׳, Psalm 128:3; Songs 3:7; Nahum 3:8.
(c) strangely, סָבִיב אֵת † 1 Kings 6:5 (omitted by Greek Version of the LXX), Ezekiel 43:17.
d. מִסָּבִיב 42, from round about, from every side, Ezekiel 16:33, Ezekiel 16:37; Ezekiel 23:22; Ezekiel 37:21, but usually (מִן 1c) = on every side, Jeremiah 4:17 הָיוּ עָלֶיהָ מִסָּבִיב, Isaiah 42:25 וַתְּלַהֲטֵהוּ מ׳, Joel 4:11 [Joel 3:11]; Joel 4:12 [Joel 3:12]; H4036 † מָגוֺר מִסָּבִיב terror on every side! Jeremiah 6:25; [H4036 Jeremiah 20:3], Jeremiah 20:10; Jeremiah 46:5; Jeremiah 49:29; Psalm 31:14 [Psalm 31:13], compare Lamentations 2:22; especially in the Deuteronomic phrases אוֺיְבִים מ׳, or הֵנִיחַ מ׳ (sometimes in combination), as Deuteronomy 12:10 והניח לכם מכלאֿויביכם מ׳, Deuteronomy 25:19; Joshua 21:42 לָהֶם מ׳ וַיָּנַח י׳, Joshua 23:1; Judges 2:14; Judges 8:34; 1 Samuel 12:11 +; מִסָּבִיב לְ from round about, † Numbers 16:24, Numbers 16:27.— On 1 Samuel 14:21; 2 Samuel 24:6; Job 10:8 see H5437 סָבַב.
2. In plural: —
a. †סְבִיבִים :
(a) in masculine sense, those round about, Psalm 76:12 [Psalm 76:11] כָּלסְֿבִיבָיו יֹבִילוּ שַׁי, Psalm 89:8 [Psalm 89:7]; Jeremiah 48:17, Jeremiah 48:39.
(b) in neuter sense, the parts round about, Jeremiah 49:5 מִכָּלסְֿבִיבָ֑יִךְ, בִּסְבִיבֵי ירושׁלם Jeremiah 32:44; Jeremiah 33:13; Jeremiah 21:14 וְאָֽכְלָה כָּלסְֿבִיבֶיהָ, Jeremiah 46:14; with the force of a preposition, Psalm 50:3 וסביביו נשׂערה מאד, Psalm 97:2; Lamentations 1:17.
b. סְבִיבוֺת:
(a) as substantive
(α) circuits, Ecclesiastes 1:6 ועל סביבותיו שָׁב הָרוּחַ;
(β) the parts round about, Numbers 22:4 ילחכו הקהל אתכֿלסְֿבִיבֹתֵינוּ, Jeremiah 17:26; Jeremiah 50:32 (compare Jeremiah 21:14 above); with reference to their inhabitants, Psalm 44:19 [Psalm 44:18] = Psalm 79:4 לעג וקלס לסב׳, Ezekiel 16:57; Ezekiel 28:24; Daniel 9:16.
(b) with the force a preposition Exodus 7:24 סְבִיבֹת הַיְאֹר literally (in) the circuits of the Nile = round about the Nile, Numbers 11:24, Numbers 11:31, Numbers 11:32; Numbers 35:2 סְבִיבֹתֵיהֶם, Judges 7:18; 1 Samuel 26:5, 1 Samuel 26:7; 2 Kings 6:17 סביבֹת אלישׁע, Psalm 18:12 [Psalm 18:11]; Psalm 27:6 על אֹיְבַי סביבותי, etc.; often idiomatic preceded by אשׁר, as Genesis 33:5 הערים אשׁר סביבותיהם Genesis 41:48; Leviticus 25:44; Numbers 16:34; Deuteronomy 6:14; Deuteronomy 13:8 [Deuteronomy 13:7]; Deuteronomy 17:14; Deuteronomy 21:2 +. In the same sense מִסְּבִיבוֺתָם † Ezekiel 28:26.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

23:17; 33:5; 41:48

Exodus

7:24; 7:24; 16:13; 19:12; 25:11; 25:24; 25:25; 40:33

Leviticus

1:5; 1:11; 25:44

Numbers

1:50; 1:53; 2:2; 11:24; 11:31; 11:32; 16:24; 16:27; 16:34; 22:4; 35:2

Deuteronomy

6:14; 12:10; 13:7; 17:14; 17:14; 21:2; 25:19

Joshua

21:42; 23:1

Judges

2:14; 7:18; 7:21; 8:34; 20:29

1 Samuel

12:11; 14:21; 26:5; 26:7

2 Samuel

24:6

1 Kings

3:1; 4:31; 6:5; 6:5; 18:32; 18:35

2 Kings

6:17

1 Chronicles

11:8

2 Chronicles

4:3

Job

10:8; 19:12

Psalms

3:6; 12:8; 18:11; 18:12; 27:6; 31:13; 34:7; 34:7; 44:18; 50:3; 76:11; 78:28; 79:4; 89:7; 97:2; 125:2; 128:3

Ecclesiastes

1:6

Song of Songs

3:7

Isaiah

42:25

Jeremiah

4:17; 6:25; 17:26; 20:10; 21:14; 21:14; 32:44; 32:44; 33:13; 33:13; 46:5; 46:14; 48:17; 48:39; 49:5; 49:29; 50:32

Lamentations

1:17; 2:22

Ezekiel

8:10; 14:16; 16:33; 16:37; 16:57; 23:22; 28:24; 28:26; 37:2; 37:21; 40:5; 41:10; 43:17

Daniel

9:16

Joel

3:11; 3:12

Amos

3:11; 3:11

Nahum

3:8

H5439

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Strong's Number H5439 matches the Hebrew סָבִיב (sāḇîḇ),
which occurs 335 times in 282 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 6 (Gen 23:17–Num 4:32)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:17 - And the field of Ephron, which was in Double Cave, which is opposite Mambre, the field and the cave, which was in it, and every tree which was in the field, and whatever is in its borders round about, were made sure

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:5 - So Israel departed from Secima, and the fear of God was upon the cities round about them, and they did not pursue after the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:48 - And he gathered all the food of the seven years, in which was the plenty in the land of Egypt; and he laid up the food in the cities; the food of the fields of a city round about it he laid up in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:24 - And all the Egyptians dug round about the river, so as to drink water, for they could not drink water from the river.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:13 - And it was evening, and quails came up and covered the camp:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:12 - And thou shalt separate the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves that ye go not up into the mountain, nor touch any part of it: every one that touches the mountain shall surely die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:11 - And thou shalt gild it with pure gold, thou shalt gild it within and without; and thou shalt make for it golden wreaths twisted round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:24 - And thou shalt make for it golden wreaths twisted round about, and thou shalt make for it a crown of an hand-breadth round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:25 - And thou shalt make a twisted wreath for the crown round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:17 - All the pillars of the court round about overlaid with silver, and their chapiters silver and their brass sockets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:32 - And the opening of it shall be in the middle having a fringe round about the opening, the work of the weaver, woven together in the joining of the same piece that it might not be rent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:33 - And under the fringe of the robe below thou shalt make as it were pomegranates of a flowering pomegranate tree, of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen spun, under the fringe of the robe round about: golden pomegranates of the same shape, and bells round about between these.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:34 - A bell by the side of a golden pomegranate, and flower-work on the fringe of the robe round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:16 - And thou shalt kill it, and take the blood and pour it on the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:20 - And thou shalt kill it, and take of the blood of it, and put it on the tip of Aaron's right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, and on the tips of the right ears of his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the great toes of their right feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:3 - And thou shalt gild its grate with pure gold, and its sides round about, and its horns; and thou shalt make for it a wreathen border of gold round-about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:2 - (LXX 38:2) and overlaid it with pure gold within and without;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:16 - (LXX 37:14) all the curtains of the tabernacle of fine linen twined.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:20 - (LXX 38:21) He made the pins of the tabernacle and the pins of the court of brass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:31 - (LXX 39:8) and they made of it the bases of the door of the tabernacle of witness, (39:9) and the bases of the court round about, and the bases of the gate of the court, and the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court round about;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:23 - (LXX 36:30) And the opening of the tunic in the midst woven closely together, the opening having a fringe round about, that it might not be rent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:25 - (LXX 36:32) And they made golden bells, and put the bells on the border of the tunic round about between the pomegranates:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:26 - (LXX 36:33) a golden bell and a pomegranate on the border of the tunic round about, for the ministration, as the Lord commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:8 - and thou shalt set up the tabernacle round about, and thou shalt hallow all that belongs to it round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:33 - And he set up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar; and Moses accomplished all the works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:5 - And they shall slay the calf before the Lord; and the sons of Aaron the priests shall bring the blood, and they shall pour the blood round about on the altar, which is at the doors of the tabernacle of witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:11 - And he shall lay his hand on its head; and they shall kill it by the side of the altar, toward the north before the Lord, and the sons of Aaron the priests shall pour its blood on the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:2 - And he shall lay his hands on the head of the gift, and shall slay it before the Lord, by the doors of the tabernacle of witness. And the priests the sons of Aaron shall pour the blood on the altar of burnt-offerings round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:8 - And he shall lay his hands on the head of his offering, and shall slay it by the doors of the tabernacle of witness; and the priests the sons of Aaron shall pour out the blood on the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:13 - And he shall lay his hands on its head; and they shall slay it before the Lord by the doors of the tabernacle of witness; and the priests the sons of Aaron shall pour out the blood on the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:2 - In the place where they slay the whole-burnt-offering, they shall slay the ram of the trespass-offering before the Lord, and he shall pour out the blood at the bottom of the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:15 - And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar round about with his finger; and he purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement upon it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:19 - And he divided the ram by its limbs, and Moses offered the head, and the limbs, and the fat; and he washed the belly and the feet with water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:24 - And he took the fat, and the rump, and the fat on the belly, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:12 - And he slew the whole-burnt-offering; and the sons of Aaron brought the blood to him, and he poured it on the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:18 - And he slew the calf, and the ram of the sacrifice of peace-offering of the people; and the sons of Aaron brought the blood to him, and he poured it out on the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:41 - And they shall scrape the house within round about, and shall pour out the dust scraped off outside the city into an unclean place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:18 - And he shall come forth to the altar that is before the Lord, and he shall make atonement upon it; and he shall take of the blood of the calf, and of the blood of the goat, and shall put it on the horns of the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:31 - But the houses in the villages which have not a wall round about them, shall be reckoned as the fields of the country: they shall always be redeemable, and they shall go out in the release.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:44 - And whatever number of men-servants and maid-servants thou shalt have, thou shalt purchase male and female servants from the nations that are round about thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:50 - And do thou set the Levites over the tabernacle of witness, and over all its furniture, and over all things that are in it; and they shall do service in it, and they shall encamp round about the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:53 - But let the Levites encamp round about the tabernacle of witness fronting it, and so there shall be no sin among the children of Israel; and the Levites themselves shall keep the guard of the tabernacle of witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:2 - Let the children of Israel encamp fronting each other, every man keeping his own rank, according to their standards, according to the houses of their families; the children of Israel shall encamp round about the tabernacle of witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:26 - and the curtains of the court, and the veil of the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and the remainder of all its works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:37 - and the pillars of the court round about, and their bases, and their pins, and their cords.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:26 - And all the curtains of the court which were upon the tabernacle of witness, and the appendages, and all the vessels of service that they minister with they shall attend to.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:32 - And they shall bear the pillars of the court round about, and there shall be their sockets, and they shall bear the pillars of the veil of the door of the court, and their sockets and their pins, and their cords, and all their furniture, and all their instruments of service: take ye their number by name, and all the articles of the charge of the things borne by them.

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