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Lexicon :: Strong's H898 - bāḡaḏ

Aa
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 BoxExo 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:8 - If she is not pleasing to her master who has taken her for himself, let a payment be made for her so that she may go free; her master has no power to get a price for her and send her to a strange land, because he has been false to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:23 - And God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the townsmen of Shechem; and the townsmen of Shechem were false to Abimelech;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:33 - Then it was said to Saul, See, the people are sinning against the Lord, taking the blood with the flesh. And he said to those who gave him the news, Now let a great stone be rolled to me here.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:15 - My friends have been false like a stream, like streams in the valleys which come to an end:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:3 - Let no servant of yours be put to shame; may those be shamed who are false without cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5 - You, O Lord God of armies, are the God of Israel; come now and give punishment to the nations; have no mercy on any workers of deceit. (Selah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:15 - If I would make clear what it is like, I would say, You are false to the generation of your children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:57

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:57 - Their hearts were turned back and untrue like their fathers; they were turned to one side like a twisted bow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:158

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:158 - I saw with hate those who were untrue to you; for they did not keep your saying.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:22 - But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:3 - The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:6 - The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:2 - A man will get good from the fruit of his lips, but the desire of the false is for violent acts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:15 - Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:18 - The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:12 - The eyes of the Lord keep knowledge, but by him the acts of the false man will be overturned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:28 - Yes, she is waiting secretly like a beast for its food, and deceit by her is increased among men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:19 - Putting one's faith in a false man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth and a shaking foot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:2 - A vision of fear comes before my eyes; the worker of deceit goes on in his false way, and the waster goes on making waste. Up! Elam; to the attack! Media; I have put an end to her sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:16 - From the farthest part of the earth comes the sound of songs, glory to the upright. But I said, I am wasting away, wasting away, the curse is on me! The false ones go on in their false way, yes, they go on acting falsely.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:1 - Ho! you who make waste those who did not make you waste; acting falsely to those who were not false to you. When you have come to an end of wasting, you will be made waste, and after your false acts, they will do the same to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:8 - Truly you had no word of them, no knowledge of them; no news of them in the past had come to your ears; because I saw how false was your behaviour, and that your heart was turned against me from your earliest days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:8 - And though she saw that, because Israel, turning away from me, had been untrue to me, I had put her away and given her a statement in writing ending the relation between us, still Judah, her false sister, had no fear, but went and did the same.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:11 - And the Lord said to me, Israel in her turning away is seen to be more upright than false Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:20 - Truly, as a wife is false to her husband, so have you been false to me, O Israel, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:11 - For the people of Israel and the people of Judah have been very false to me, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:2 - If only I had in the waste land a night's resting-place for travellers, so that I might go away, far from my people! for they are all untrue, a band of false men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:1 - You are in the right, O Lord, when I put my cause before you: still let me take up with you the question of your decisions: why does the evil-doer do well? why are the workers of deceit living in comfort?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:6 - For even your brothers, your father's family, even they have been untrue to you, crying loudly after you: have no faith in them, though they say fair words to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:2 - She is sorrowing bitterly in the night, and her face is wet with weeping; among all her lovers she has no comforter: all her friends have been false to her, they have become her haters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:7 - They have been false to the Lord; they have given birth to strange children; now the new moon will make them waste with their fields.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:7 - But like a man, they have gone against the agreement; there they were false to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:13 - Before your holy eyes sin may not be seen, and you are unable to put up with wrong; why, then, are your eyes on the false? why do you say nothing when the evil-doer puts an end to one who is more upright than himself?

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:5 - A curse on the cruel and false one! the man full of pride, who never has enough; who makes his desires wide as the underworld! he is like death; he is never full, but he makes all nations come to him, getting all peoples together to himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:10 - Have we not all one father? has not one God made us? why are we, every one of us, acting falsely to his brother, putting shame on the agreement of our fathers?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:11 - Judah has been acting falsely, and a disgusting thing has been done in Jerusalem; for Judah has made unclean the holy place of the Lord which is dear to him, and has taken as his wife the daughter of a strange god.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:14 - But you say, For what reason? Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your early years, to whom you have been untrue, though she is your friend and the wife to whom you have given your word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:15 - ... So give thought to your spirit, and let no one be false to the wife of his early years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:16 - For I am against the putting away of a wife, says the Lord, the God of Israel, and against him who is clothed with violent acts, says the Lord of armies: so give thought to your spirit and do not be false in your acts.
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