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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 סְבִיבAmos 3:11; plural construct סְבִיבֵיJeremiah 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).
(c) strangely, סָבִיב אֵת1 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]; H4036מָגוֺר 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 מִסְּבִיבוֺתָםEzekiel 28:26.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5439 matches the Hebrew סָבִיב (sāḇîḇ),
which occurs 337 times in 282 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 4 / 6 (Psa 34:7–Eze 1:18)

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:7 -

Heth

The angel of Yahweh encamps around H5439 those who fear Him,

And rescues them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:13 -

You make us a reproach to our neighbors,

A mockery and a derision to those around H5439 us.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:3 -

May our God come and not be silent;

Fire devours before Him,

And a storm whirls around H5439 Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:11 -

Make vows to Yahweh your God and pay them;

Let all who are around H5439 Him bring gifts to the Fearsome One.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:28 -

He caused them to fall in the midst of His camp,

All around H5439 His dwelling places.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:3 -

They have poured out their blood like water round H5439 about H5439 Jerusalem;

And there was no one to bury them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:4 -

We have become a reproach to our neighbors,

A mockery and derision to those around H5439 us.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:7 -

A God greatly dreaded in the council of the holy ones,

And [fn]fearsome above all those who are around H5439 Him?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:8 -

O Yahweh God of hosts, who is like You, O mighty Yah?

Your faithfulness also surrounds H5439 You.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:2 -

Clouds and thick darkness are all H5439 around H5439 Him;

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:3 -

Fire goes before Him

And burns up His adversaries all H5439 around H5439.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:2 -

As the mountains surround H5439 Jerusalem,

So Yahweh surrounds H5439 His people

From now until forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 128:3 -

Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine

In the innermost parts of your house,

Your children like olive plants

All H5439 around H5439 your table.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:6 -

Going toward the south,

Then [fn]circling toward the north,

The wind goes [fn]circling along;

And on its circular H5439 courses H5439 the wind returns.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:7 -

“Behold, it is the traveling couch of Solomon;

Sixty mighty men around H5439 it,

Of the mighty men of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:25 -

So He poured out on him the heat of His anger

And the fierceness of battle;

And it set him aflame all H5439 around H5439,

Yet he did not know it;

And it burned him, but he did not set it upon his heart.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:18 -

“Lift up your eyes and look around H5439;

All of them gather together; they come to you.

As I live,” declares Yahweh,

“You will surely put on all of them as [fn]jewels and bind them on as a bride.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:4 -

“Lift up your eyes round H5439 about H5439 and see;

They all gather together; they come to you.

Your sons will come from afar,

And your daughters will be [fn]carried on the nurses’ hip.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:15 - “For, behold, I am calling all the families of the kingdoms of the north,” declares Yahweh; “and they will come, and each one of them will put his throne at the opening of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls round H5439 about H5439 and against all the cities of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:17 -

‘Like watchmen of a field they are against her round H5439 about H5439

Because she has rebelled against Me,’ declares Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:3 -

“Shepherds and their flocks will come to her;

They will pitch their tents [fn]around H5439 her;

They will pasture each in his [fn]place.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:25 -

Do not go out into the field

And do not walk on the road,

For the enemy has a sword;

Terror is on every H5439 side H5439.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:9 -

“Is My inheritance like a speckled bird of prey to Me?

Are the birds of prey against her on every H5439 side H5439?

Go, gather all the beasts of the field,

Bring them to devour!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:26 - “And they will come in from the cities of Judah and from all around H5439 Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the [fn]Shephelah, from the hill country, and from the Negev, bringing burnt offerings, sacrifices, grain offerings, and frankincense, and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving to the house of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:10 -

For I have heard the bad report of many,

“Terror on every H5439 side H5439!

Denounce him; yes, let us denounce him!”

[fn]All my trusted friends,

Keeping watch for my fall, say:

“Perhaps he will be [fn]deceived, so that we may prevail against him

And take our revenge on him.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:14 -

“But I will punish you according to the [fn]results of your deeds,” declares Yahweh,

“And I will kindle a fire in its forest

That it may devour all its surroundings H5439.”’”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:9 - behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,’ declares Yahweh, ‘and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these surrounding H5439 nations; and I will [fn]devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and of hissing and an everlasting waste place.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:44 - ‘Men will buy fields for money, [fn]sign and seal deeds, and call in witnesses in the land of Benjamin, in the surroundings H5439 of Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the [fn]Shephelah, and in the cities of the [fn]Negev; for I will [fn]return their [fn]fortunes,’ declares Yahweh.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:13 - ‘In the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the [fn]Shephelah, in the cities of the Negev, in the land of Benjamin, in the surroundings H5439 of Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who numbers them,’ says Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:5 -

“Why have I seen it?

They are shattered;

They are drawing back,

And their mighty men are crushed

And have fled to refuge,

Without facing back;

[fn]Terror is on every H5439 side H5439!”

Declares Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:14 -

“Declare in Egypt and cause it to be heard in Migdol;

Cause it to be heard also in Memphis and Tahpanhes;

Say, ‘Take your stand and get yourself ready,

For the sword has devoured those around H5439 you.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:17 -

“Mourn for him, all you who live around H5439 him,

Even all of you who know his name;

Say, ‘How has the strong [fn]scepter been broken,

A staff of beauty!’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:39 - “How [fn]shattered it is! How they have wailed! How Moab has turned his back—he is ashamed! So Moab will become a laughingstock and an object of terror to all around H5439 him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:5 -

“Behold, I am going to bring dread upon you,”

Declares Lord Yahweh of hosts,

“From all around H5439 you;

And each of you will be banished [fn]headlong,

With no one to gather the one who flees.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:29 -

“They will take away their tents and their flocks;

They will carry off for themselves

Their tent curtains, all their goods, and their camels,

And they will call out to one another, ‘Terror on every H5439 side H5439!’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:14 -

“Arrange your battle lines against Babylon on every H5439 side H5439,

All you who [fn]bend the bow;

Shoot at her, do not be sparing with your arrows,

For she has sinned against Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:15 -

“Raise a loud shout against her on every H5439 side H5439!

She has given [fn]herself up, her pillars have fallen,

Her walls have been pulled down.

For this is the vengeance of Yahweh:

Take vengeance on her;

As she has done to others, so do to her.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:29 -

“Summon [fn]many against Babylon,

All those who [fn]bend the bow:

Encamp against her on every H5439 side H5439,

Let there be no escape[fn].

Repay her according to her work;

According to all that she has done, so do to her;

For she has become arrogant against Yahweh,

Against the Holy One of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:32 -

“The [fn]arrogant one will stumble and fall

With no one to raise him up;

And I will set fire to his cities,

And it will devour him on every side H5439.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:2 -

“I will send [fn]strangers to Babylon that they may winnow her

And may empty her land to destruction;

For on every H5439 side H5439 they will be against her

In the day of her calamity.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:4 - Now it happened in the ninth year of his reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his military force, against Jerusalem, and they camped against it and built a siege wall all H5439 around H5439 [fn]it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:7 - Then the city was breached, and all the men of war fled and went forth from the city at night by way of the gate between the two walls which was by the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were [fn]all H5439 around H5439 the city. And they went by way of the Arabah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:14 - So all the military force of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard tore down all the walls around H5439 Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:22 - Now a capital of bronze was on it; and the height of each capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the capital all H5439 around H5439, all of bronze. And the second pillar was like these, including pomegranates.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:23 - There were ninety-six [fn]exposed pomegranates; all the pomegranates numbered one hundred on the network all H5439 around H5439.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:17 -

Pe

Zion stretches out her hands;

There is no one to comfort her;

Yahweh has commanded concerning Jacob

That the ones round H5439 about H5439 him should be his adversaries;

Jerusalem has become an impure thing among them.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:3 -

Gimel

In [fn]hot anger He has cut in pieces

[fn]All the strength of Israel;

He has turned back His right hand

From before the enemy.

And He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire

Devouring round H5439 about H5439.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:22 -

Tav

You called as in the day of an appointed time

My terrors on every H5439 side H5439;

And there was no one who escaped or survived

In the day of Yahweh’s anger.

Those whom I [fn]gave birth to and reared,

My enemy consumed them.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:4 -

Then I looked, and behold, a storm wind was coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing forth continually and a bright light all around H5439 it, and in its midst something like the gleam of glowing metal in the midst of the fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:18 - And as for their rims, they were lofty and awesome, and the rims of all four of them were full of eyes all H5439 around H5439.

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