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Lexicon :: Strong's H5472 - sûḡ

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סוּג
Transliteration
sûḡ
Pronunciation
soog
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1469

Strong’s Definitions

סוּג çûwg, soog; a primitive root; properly, to flinch, i.e. (by implication) to go back, literally (to retreat) or figuratively (to apostatize):—backslider, drive, go back, turn (away, back).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H5472 in the following manner: turned (6x), turn away (2x), go back (2x), turn back (2x), backslider (1x), driven (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H5472 in the following manner: turned (6x), turn away (2x), go back (2x), turn back (2x), backslider (1x), driven (1x).

  1. to move, go, turn back, move away, backslide

    1. (Qal) to backslide, prove recreant to

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to turn oneself away, turn back

      2. to be turned or driven back, be repulsed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סוּג çûwg, soog; a primitive root; properly, to flinch, i.e. (by implication) to go back, literally (to retreat) or figuratively (to apostatize):—backslider, drive, go back, turn (away, back).
STRONGS H5472: Abbreviations
I. [סוּג, seldom שׂוּג] verb move away, backslide (שׂ׳ erroneous; Arabic bdb069008 go and come Lane1459, bdb069010 abitus et adventus Frey (Kam)); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular סָג Psalm 53:4 [Psalm 53:3]; Imperfect 1st person plural נָסוֺג Psalm 80:19 [Psalm 80:18]; Participle active construct סוּג Proverbs 14:14 (BaNB § 124c Ges§§ 50 f, 72 p); — backslide, prove recreant to י׳, with מִן Psalm 80:19 [Psalm 80:18]; so absolute Psalm 53:4 [Psalm 53:3]; סוּג לֵב Proverbs 14:14 a backslider in heart.
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נָסוֺג Psalm 44:19 [Psalm 44:18], נָשׂוֺג [H7734 2 Samuel 1:22] (שׂ for ס); 1st person singular נְסוּגֹּ֫תִי Isaiah 50:5; 3rd person plural נָסֹ֫גוּ Isaiah 42:17; Jeremiah 38:22; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִסַּג [H5253 Micah 2:6] (Ges§ 72dd, but see below); 3rd person masculine plural יִמֹּ֫גוּ Psalm 35:4 + 3 times, וַיִּסֹּ֫גוּ Psalm 78:57; Infinitive absolute נָסוֺג H5253 Isaiah 59:13; Participle plural נְסוֺגִים Zephaniah 1:6; Jeremiah 46:5; —
1. reflexive turn oneself away, turn back:
a. literally of Jonathan's bow H7734 2 Samuel 1:22, with מִן (see HPS).
b. figurative = prove faithless (as Qal):
(1) of human friends, אָחוֺר נס׳ Jeremiah 38:22 (absolute); usually
(2) מֵאַחֲרֵי י׳ נס׳ Zephaniah 1:6 compare H5253 Isaiah 59:13; so absolute Psalm 78:57 (+ בָּגַד), with אָחוֺר Isaiah 50:5 (|| מָרִיתִי), Psalm 44:19 [Psalm 44:18] (|| נָטָה מִן). — לֹא יִסַּג כְּלִמּוֺת H5253 Micah 2:6 could mean reproaches do not depart, i.e. cease (Hi-St Che GASm Now RV); Now proposes also (emending following see) shall not disgrace depart from Jacob's house? BuhlLex 13 conjecture, plausibly, יַשִּׂיג (√ נשׂג) disgrace shall not overtake us.
2. be turned or driven back, be repulsed, of נ׳'s foes: + אָחוֺד Jeremiah 46:5; Isaiah 42:17; Psalm 35:4; Psalm 40:15 [Psalm 40:14] = Psalm 70:3 [Psalm 70:2]; Psalm 129:5.
Hiph. see H5253.
Hoph. see H5253.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Psalms

35:4; 35:4; 40:14; 44:18; 44:18; 53:3; 53:3; 70:2; 78:57; 78:57; 80:18; 80:18; 129:5

Proverbs

14:14; 14:14

Isaiah

42:17; 42:17; 50:5; 50:5

Jeremiah

38:22; 38:22; 46:5; 46:5

Zephaniah

1:6; 1:6

H5472

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Strong's Number H5472 matches the Hebrew סוּג (sûḡ),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:4 - (LXX 34:4) Let them that seek my soul be ashamed and confounded: let them that devise evils against me be turned back and put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:14 - (LXX 39:15) Let those that seek my soul, to destroy it, be ashamed and confounded together; let those that wish me evil be turned backward and put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:18 - (LXX 43:19) And our heart has not gone back; but thou hast turned aside our paths from thy way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:3 - (LXX 52:4) [fn] They have all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that does good, there is not even one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:2 - (LXX 69:3) Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek my soul: let them be turned backward and put to shame, that wish me evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:57

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:57 - (LXX 77:57) And they turned back, and broke covenant, even as also their fathers: they became like a crooked bow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:18 - (LXX 79:19) So will we not depart from thee: thou shalt quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:5 - (LXX 128:5) Let all that hate Sion be put to shame and turned back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:14 - A [fn]stout-hearted man shall be filled with his own ways; and a good man with his own thoughts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:17 - But they are turned back: be ye utterly ashamed that trust in graven images, who say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:5 - and the instruction of the Lord, even the Lord, opens mine ears, and I do not disobey, nor dispute.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:22 - (LXX 45:22) And, behold, all the women that are left in the house of the king of Juda were brought forth to the princes of the king of Babylon; and they said, The men who were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and will prevail against thee; and they shall cause thy foot to slide and fail, they have turned back from thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:5 - (LXX 26:5) Why do they fear, and turn back? even because their mighty men shall be slain: they have utterly fled, and being hemmed in they have not rallied, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:6 - and them that turn aside from the Lord, and them that seek not the Lord, and them that cleave not to the Lord.
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