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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 27 times in 27 verses in 'Jer' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:15 - For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, H5439 and against all the cities of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:17 - As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; H5439 because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:3 - The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; H5439 they shall feed every one in his place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:25 - Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side. H5439

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:9 - Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about H5439 are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:26 - And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about H5439 Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:10 - For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. H5439 Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:14 - But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about H5439 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:9 - Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, H5439 and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:44 - Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about H5439 Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:13 - In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about H5439 Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:5 - Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, H5439 saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:14 - Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about H5439 thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:17 - All ye that are about H5439 him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:39 - They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about H5439 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:5 - Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about H5439 thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:29 - Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side. H5439

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:14 - Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: H5439 all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:15 - Shout against her round about: H5439 she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:29 - Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; H5439 let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:32 - And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about H5439 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:2 - And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. H5439

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:4 - And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about. H5439

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:7 - Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) H5439 and they went by the way of the plain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:14 - And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about. H5439

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:22 - And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, H5439 all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:23 - And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about. H5439
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