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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 - Listen! I am calling the armies of the kingdoms of the north to come to Jerusalem. I, the LORD, have spoken!
“They will set their thrones
at the gates of the city.
They will attack its walls
and all the other towns of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:17 - They surround Jerusalem like watchmen around a field,
for my people have rebelled against me,”
says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:3 - Enemies will surround you, like shepherds camped around the city.
Each chooses a place for his troops to devour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:25 - Don’t go out to the fields!
Don’t travel on the roads!
The enemy’s sword is everywhere
and terrorizes us at every turn!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:9 - My chosen people act like speckled vultures,[fn]
but they themselves are surrounded by vultures.
Bring on the wild animals to pick their corpses clean!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:26 - And from all around Jerusalem, from the towns of Judah and Benjamin, from the western foothills[fn] and the hill country and the Negev, the people will come with their burnt offerings and sacrifices. They will bring their grain offerings, frankincense, and thanksgiving offerings to the LORD’s Temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:10 - I have heard the many rumors about me.
They call me “The Man Who Lives in Terror.”
They threaten, “If you say anything, we will report it.”
Even my old friends are watching me,
waiting for a fatal slip.
“He will trap himself,” they say,
“and then we will get our revenge on him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:14 - And I myself will punish you for your sinfulness,
says the LORD.
I will light a fire in your forests
that will burn up everything around you.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:9 - I will gather together all the armies of the north under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, whom I have appointed as my deputy. I will bring them all against this land and its people and against the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy[fn] you and make you an object of horror and contempt and a ruin forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:44 - Yes, fields will once again be bought and sold—deeds signed and sealed and witnessed—in the land of Benjamin and here in Jerusalem, in the towns of Judah and in the hill country, in the foothills of Judah[fn] and in the Negev, too. For someday I will restore prosperity to them. I, the LORD, have spoken!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:13 - Once again shepherds will count their flocks in the towns of the hill country, the foothills of Judah,[fn] the Negev, the land of Benjamin, the vicinity of Jerusalem, and all the towns of Judah. I, the LORD, have spoken!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:5 - But what do I see?
The Egyptian army flees in terror.
The bravest of its fighting men run
without a backward glance.
They are terrorized at every turn,”
says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:14 - “Shout it out in Egypt!
Publish it in the cities of Migdol, Memphis,[fn] and Tahpanhes!
Mobilize for battle,
for the sword will devour everyone around you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:17 - You friends of Moab,
weep for him and cry!
See how the strong scepter is broken,
how the beautiful staff is shattered!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:39 - How it is shattered! Hear the wailing! See the shame of Moab! It has become an object of ridicule, an example of ruin to all its neighbors.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:5 - But look! I will bring terror upon you,”
says the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
“Your neighbors will chase you from your land,
and no one will help your exiles as they flee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:29 - Their flocks and tents will be captured,
and their household goods and camels will be taken away.
Everywhere shouts of panic will be heard:
‘We are terrorized at every turn!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:14 - “Yes, prepare to attack Babylon,
all you surrounding nations.
Let your archers shoot at her; spare no arrows.
For she has sinned against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:15 - Shout war cries against her from every side.
Look! She surrenders!
Her walls have fallen.
It is the LORD’s vengeance,
so take vengeance on her.
Do to her as she has done to others!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:29 - “Send out a call for archers to come to Babylon.
Surround the city so none can escape.
Do to her as she has done to others,
for she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:32 - O land of arrogance, you will stumble and fall,
and no one will raise you up.
For I will light a fire in the cities of Babylon
that will burn up everything around them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:2 - Foreigners will come and winnow her,
blowing her away as chaff.
They will come from every side
to rise against her in her day of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:4 - So on January 15,[fn] during the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon led his entire army against Jerusalem. They surrounded the city and built siege ramps against its walls.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:7 - Then a section of the city wall was broken down, and all the soldiers fled. Since the city was surrounded by the Babylonians,[fn] they waited for nightfall. Then they slipped through the gate between the two walls behind the king’s garden and headed toward the Jordan Valley.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:14 - Then he supervised the entire Babylonian[fn] army as they tore down the walls of Jerusalem on every side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:22 - The bronze capital on top of each pillar was 7½ feet[fn] high and was decorated with a network of bronze pomegranates all the way around.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:23 - There were 96 pomegranates on the sides, and a total of 100 on the network around the top.
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