Çâbab — H5437

H5437 · Hebrew — סבב

Pronunciation: saw-bab'

Definition

verb

to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively

  1. to turn, turn about or around or aside or back or towards, go about or around, surround, encircle, change direction
    1. (Qal)
      1. to turn, turn about, be brought round, change
      2. to march or walk around, go partly around, circle about, skirt, make a round, make a circuit, go about to, surround, encompass
    2. (Niphal)
      1. to turn oneself, close round, turn round
      2. to be turned over to
    3. (Piel) to turn about, change, transform
    4. (Poel)
      1. to encompass, surround
      2. to come about, assemble round
      3. to march, go about
      4. to enclose, envelop
    5. (Hiphil)
      1. to turn, cause to turn, turn back, reverse, bring over, turn into, bring round
      2. to cause to go around, surround, encompass
    6. (Hophal)
      1. to be turned
      2. to be surrounded

Usually translated as

compass, turn, bring, be about on every side, on every side, remove, cast, fetch, make, walk, beset, circuit, lead, whirl, round about, apply, avoid, besiege, bring again, carry, change, cause to come about, drive, environ, inclose, return, set, sit down

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Çâbab occurs 157 times in 148 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (5), Exodus (1), Numbers (6), Deuteronomy (3), Joshua (12), Judges (5), 1 Samuel (12), 2 Samuel (8), 1 Kings (8), 2 Kings (10), 1 Chronicles (5), 2 Chronicles (13), Ezra (1), Job (2), Psalms (21), Proverbs (1), Ecclesiastes (5), Song of Songs (5), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (6), Ezekiel (10), Hosea (2), Jonah (2), Habakkuk (1), Zechariah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — C