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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 337 times in 282 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 6 (Gen 23:17–Num 4:32)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:17 - So the field of Ephron in Mach-pe'lah, which was to the east of Mamre, the field with the cave which was in it and all the trees that were in the field, throughout its whole area, was made over

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:5 - And as they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities that were round about them, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:48 - and he gathered up all the food of the seven years when there was plenty in the land of Egypt, and stored up food in the cities; he stored up in every city the food from the fields around it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:24 - And all the Egyptians dug round about the Nile for water to drink, for they could not drink the water of the Nile.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:13 - In the evening quails came up and covered the camp; and in the morning dew lay round about the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:12 - And you shall set bounds for the people round about, saying, 'Take heed that you do not go up into the mountain or touch the border of it; whoever touches the mountain shall be put to death;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:11 - And you shall overlay it with pure gold, within and without shall you overlay it, and you shall make upon it a molding of gold round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:24 - You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a molding of gold around it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:25 - And you shall make around it a frame a handbreadth wide, and a molding of gold around the frame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:17 - All the pillars around the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their bases of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:32 - It shall have in it an opening for the head, with a woven binding around the opening, like the opening in a garment, that it may not be torn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:33 - On its skirts you shall make pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet stuff, around its skirts, with bells of gold between them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:34 - a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, round about on the skirts of the robe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:16 - and you shall slaughter the ram, and shall take its blood and throw it against the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:20 - and you shall kill the ram, and take part of its blood and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron and upon the tips of the right ears of his sons, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the great toes of their right feet, and throw the rest of the blood against the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:3 - And you shall overlay it with pure gold, its top and its sides round about and its horns; and you shall make for it a molding of gold round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:2 - And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a molding of gold around it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:11 - and he overlaid it with pure gold, and made a molding of gold around it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:12 - And he made around it a frame a handbreadth wide, and made a molding of gold around the frame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:26 - He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, and its sides round about, and its horns; and he made a molding of gold round about it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:16 - All the hangings round about the court were of fine twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:20 - And all the pegs for the tabernacle and for the court round about were of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:31 - the bases round about the court, and the bases of the gate of the court, all the pegs of the tabernacle, and all the pegs round about the court.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:23 - and the opening of the robe in it was like the opening in a garment, with a binding around the opening, that it might not be torn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:25 - They also made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the skirts of the robe round about, between the pomegranates;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:26 - a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate round about upon the skirts of the robe for ministering; as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:8 - And you shall set up the court round about, and hang up the screen for the gate of the court.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:33 - And he erected the court round the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:5 - Then he shall kill the bull before the LORD; and Aaron's sons the priests shall present the blood, and throw the blood round about against the altar that is at the door of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:11 - and he shall kill it on the north side of the altar before the LORD, and Aaron's sons the priests shall throw its blood against the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:2 - And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering and kill it at the door of the tent of meeting; and Aaron's sons the priests shall throw the blood against the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:8 - laying his hand upon the head of his offering and killing it before the tent of meeting; and Aaron's sons shall throw its blood against the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:13 - and lay his hand upon its head, and kill it before the tent of meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall throw its blood against the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:2 - in the place where they kill the burnt offering they shall kill the guilt offering, and its blood shall be thrown on the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:15 - And Moses killed it, and took the blood, and with his finger put it on the horns of the altar round about, and purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar, and consecrated it, to make atonement for it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:19 - And Moses killed it, and threw the blood upon the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:24 - And Aaron's sons were brought, and Moses put some of the blood on the tips of their right ears and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the great toes of their right feet; and Moses threw the blood upon the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:12 - And he killed the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons delivered to him the blood, and he threw it on the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:18 - He killed the ox also and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings for the people; and Aaron's sons delivered to him the blood, which he threw upon the altar round about,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:41 - and he shall cause the inside of the house to be scraped round about, and the plaster that they scrape off they shall pour into an unclean place outside the city;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:18 - Then he shall go out to the altar which is before the LORD and make atonement for it, and shall take some of the blood of the bull and of the blood of the goat, and put it on the horns of the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:31 - But the houses of the villages which have no wall around them shall be reckoned with the fields of the country; they may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the jubilee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:44 - As for your male and female slaves whom you may have: you may buy male and female slaves from among the nations that are round about you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:50 - but appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it; they are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, and they shall tend it, and shall encamp around the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:53

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:53 - but the Levites shall encamp around the tabernacle of the testimony, that there may be no wrath upon the congregation of the people of Israel; and the Levites shall keep charge of the tabernacle of the testimony."

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:2 - "The people of Israel shall encamp each by his own standard, with the ensigns of their fathers' houses; they shall encamp facing the tent of meeting on every side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:26 - the hangings of the court, the screen for the door of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its cords; all the service pertaining to these.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:37 - also the pillars of the court round about, with their bases and pegs and cords.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:26 - and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the entrance of the gate of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and their cords, and all the equipment for their service; and they shall do all that needs to be done with regard to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:32 - and the pillars of the court round about with their bases, pegs, and cords, with all their equipment and all their accessories; and you shall assign by name the objects which they are required to carry.

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