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Lexicon :: Strong's H898 - bāḡaḏ

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בָּגַד
Transliteration
bāḡaḏ
Pronunciation
baw-gad'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 198

Strong’s Definitions

בָּגַד bâgad, baw-gad'; a primitive root; to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage:—deal deceitfully (treacherously, unfaithfully), offend, transgress(-or), (depart), treacherous (dealer, -ly, man), unfaithful(-ly, man), × very.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 49x

The KJV translates Strong's H898 in the following manner: treacherously (23x), transgressor (10x), transgress (3x), deceitfully (2x), treacherous dealer (3x), treacherous (2x), very 2 (inf. for emphasis), unfaithful man (1x), treacherous men (1x), offend (1x), unfaithfully (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 49x
The KJV translates Strong's H898 in the following manner: treacherously (23x), transgressor (10x), transgress (3x), deceitfully (2x), treacherous dealer (3x), treacherous (2x), very 2 (inf. for emphasis), unfaithful man (1x), treacherous men (1x), offend (1x), unfaithfully (1x).

  1. to act treacherously, deceitfully, deal treacherously

    1. (Qal) to act or deal treacherously, faithlessly, deceitfully, offend

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּגַד bâgad, baw-gad'; a primitive root; to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage:—deal deceitfully (treacherously, unfaithfully), offend, transgress(-or), (depart), treacherous (dealer, -ly, man), unfaithful(-ly, man), × very.
STRONGS H898: Abbreviations
[בָּגַד] verb act or deal treacherously —
Qal Perfect בָּֽגְדָה Jeremiah 3:20 + 14 times; Imperfect יִבְגֹּד Malachi 2:15 + 5 times; נִבְגַּד Malachi 2:10; Infinitive absolute בָּגוֺד Isaiah 48:8; Jeremiah 5:11; construct בְּגֹד Isaiah 33:1; בִּגְדוֺ Exodus 21:8; Participle בֹּגֵד Proverbs 22:12 + 11 times; בּוֺגֵד Isaiah 33:1 + 10 times; — act or deal treacherously, faithlessly, deceitfully, in the marriage relation, in matters of property or right, in covenants, in word and in general conduct.
† a. absolute 1 Samuel 14:33; Job 6:15; Psalm 78:57; Isaiah 24:16; Isaiah 33:1 (twice in verse); Isaiah 48:8; Malachi 2:11. compare phrases אחי בגדו כמו נחל my brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook Job 6:15; בֹּגְדִים בָּנָ֑דוּ וּבֶגֶד בּוֺגְדִים בָּגָ֑דוּ the treacherous have dealt treacherously, yea in treachery have the treacherous dealt treacherously Isaiah 24:16 (striking alliteration); בֹּגְדֵי אָוֶן treacherous in wickedness Psalm 59:6.
† b. with בְּ Exodus 21:8 (E), Judges 9:23; Isaiah 33:1 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 3:20; Jeremiah 5:11; Jeremiah 12:6; Lamentations 1:2; Hosea 5:7; Hosea 6:7; Malachi 2:10, 14, 15, 16.
† c. with accusative Psalm 73:15.
† d. with מִן pregnant, בָּֽגְדָה אִשָּׁה מֵרֵעָהּ acteth treacherously (in departing) from her friend Jeremiah 3:20. The participle is used Proverbs 2:22 + 8 times, Psalm 25:3; Psalm 59:6; Psalm 119:158; Isaiah 21:2; Isaiah 24:16 (twice in verse); Isaiah 33:1; Jeremiah 3:8, 11; Jeremiah 9:1; Habakkuk 1:13; Habakkuk 2:5; בֹּגְדֵי בָ֑גֶד dealers treacherously in treachery (very treacherously) Jeremiah 12:1.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

21:8; 21:8

Judges

9:23

1 Samuel

14:33

Job

6:15; 6:15

Psalms

25:3; 59:6; 59:6; 73:15; 78:57; 119:158

Proverbs

2:22; 22:12

Isaiah

21:2; 24:16; 24:16; 24:16; 33:1; 33:1; 33:1; 33:1; 33:1; 48:8; 48:8

Jeremiah

3:8; 3:11; 3:20; 3:20; 3:20; 5:11; 5:11; 9:1; 12:1; 12:6

Lamentations

1:2

Hosea

5:7; 6:7

Habakkuk

1:13; 2:5

Malachi

2:10; 2:10; 2:11; 2:14; 2:15; 2:15; 2:16

H898

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Strong's Number H898 matches the Hebrew בָּגַד (bāḡaḏ),
which occurs 49 times in 39 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:8 - If she does not please her master, who has designated her for himself, then he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to a foreign nation, because he has dealt deceitfully with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:23 - God sent a spirit to stir up hostility between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem. He made the leaders of Shechem disloyal to Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:33 - Now it was reported to Saul, "Look, the army is sinning against the LORD by eating even the blood." He said, "All of you have broken the covenant! Roll a large stone over here to me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:15 - My brothers have been as treacherous as a seasonal stream, and as the riverbeds of the intermittent streams that flow away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:3 - Certainly none who rely on you will be humiliated. Those who deal in treachery will be thwarted and humiliated.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5 - You, O LORD God, the invincible warrior, the God of Israel, rouse yourself and punish all the nations! Have no mercy on any treacherous evildoers! (Selah)

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:15 - If I had publicized these thoughts, I would have betrayed your loyal followers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:57

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:57 - They were unfaithful and acted as treacherously as their ancestors; they were as unreliable as a malfunctioning bow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:158

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:158 - I take note of the treacherous and despise them, because they do not keep your instructions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:22 - but the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be torn away from it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:3 - The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the unfaithful destroys them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:6 - The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the faithless will be captured by their own desires.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:2 - From the fruit of his speech a person eats good things, but the faithless desire the fruit of violence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:15 - Keen insight wins favor, but the conduct of the unfaithful is harsh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:18 - The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless are taken in the place of the upright.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:12 - The eyes of the LORD guard knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the faithless person.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:28 - Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:19 - Like a bad tooth or a foot out of joint, so is confidence in an unfaithful person at the time of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:2 - I have received a distressing message: "The deceiver deceives, the destroyer destroys. Attack, you Elamites! Lay siege, you Medes! I will put an end to all the groaning!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:16 - From the ends of the earth we hear songs - the Just One is majestic. But I say, "I'm wasting away! I'm wasting away! I'm doomed! Deceivers deceive, deceivers thoroughly deceive!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:1 - The destroyer is as good as dead, you who have not been destroyed! The deceitful one is as good as dead, the one whom others have not deceived! When you are through destroying, you will be destroyed; when you finish deceiving, others will deceive you!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:8 - You did not hear, you do not know, you were not told beforehand. For I know that you are very deceitful; you were labeled a rebel from birth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:8 - She also saw that I gave wayward Israel her divorce papers and sent her away because of her adulterous worship of other gods. Even after her unfaithful sister Judah had seen this, she still was not afraid, and she too went and gave herself like a prostitute to other gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:11 - Then the LORD said to me, "Under the circumstances, wayward Israel could even be considered less guilty than unfaithful Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:20 - But, you have been unfaithful to me, nation of Israel, like an unfaithful wife who has left her husband," says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:11 - For the nations of Israel and Judah have been very unfaithful to me," says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:2 - (9:1) I wish I had a lodging place in the desert where I could spend some time like a weary traveler. Then I would desert my people and walk away from them because they are all unfaithful to God, a congregation of people that has been disloyal to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:1 - LORD, you have always been fair whenever I have complained to you. However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice. Why are wicked people successful? Why do all dishonest people have such easy lives?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:6 - As a matter of fact, even your own brothers and the members of your own family have betrayed you too. Even they have plotted to do away with you. So do not trust them even when they say kind things to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:2 - She weeps bitterly at night; tears stream down her cheeks. She has no one to comfort her among all her lovers. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies. ג (Gimel)

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:7 - They have committed treason against the LORD, because they bore illegitimate children. Soon the new moon festival will devour them and their fields.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:7 - At Adam they broke the covenant; Oh how they were unfaithful to me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:13 - You are too just to tolerate evil; you are unable to condone wrongdoing. So why do you put up with such treacherous people? Why do you say nothing when the wicked devour those more righteous than they are?

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:5 - Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man! His appetite is as big as Sheol's; like death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations; he seizes all peoples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:10 - Do we not all have one father? Did not one God create us? Why do we betray one another, in this way making light of the covenant of our ancestors?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:11 - Judah has become disloyal, and unspeakable sins have been committed in Israel and Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the holy things that the LORD loves and has turned to a foreign god!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:14 - Yet you ask, "Why?" The LORD is testifying against you on behalf of the wife you married when you were young, to whom you have become unfaithful even though she is your companion and wife by law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:15 - No one who has even a small portion of the Spirit in him does this. What did our ancestor do when seeking a child from God? Be attentive, then, to your own spirit, for one should not be disloyal to the wife he took in his youth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:16 - "I hate divorce," says the LORD God of Israel, "and the one who is guilty of violence," says the LORD who rules over all. "Pay attention to your conscience, and do not be unfaithful."
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