סָבִיב
round about
also: places round about, circuit fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Both
- Attested as both masculine and feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Absolute 251 times (74%)
- Noun, Common, Both, Plural, Construct 77 times (23%)
- Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Construct 5 times (1%)
- Noun, Common, Both, Plural, Absolute 4 times (1%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 337 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
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Genesis 3 verses
- Genesis 23:17 סָבִֽיב n c bs So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the border of it round about, were made sure
- Genesis 35:5 סְבִיבֹ֣תֵי/הֶ֔ם n c bp cs + sfx pers 3mp They traveled: and a terror of God was on the cities that were round about them, and they didn't pursue the sons of Jacob.
- Genesis 41:48 סְבִיבֹתֶ֖י/הָ n c bp cs + sfx pers 3fs He gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, he laid up in the same.
Exodus 25 verses
- Exodus 7:24 סְבִיבֹ֥ת n c bp cs All the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink; for they couldn't drink of the water of the river.
- Exodus 16:13 סָבִ֖יב n c bs It happened at evening that quail came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay around the camp.
- Exodus 19:12 סָבִ֣יב n c bs You shall set bounds to the people round about, saying, 'Be careful that you don't go up onto the mountain, or touch its border. Whoever touches the mountain shall be surely put to death.
- Exodus 25:11 סָבִֽיב n c bs You shall overlay it with pure gold. Inside and outside shall you overlay it, and shall make a gold molding around it.
- Exodus 25:24 סָבִֽיב n c bs You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it.
- Exodus 25:25 סָבִ֑יב סָבִֽיב n c bs n c bs You shall make a rim of a handbreadth around it. You shall make a golden molding on its rim around it.
- Exodus 27:17 סָבִיב֙ n c bs All the pillars of the court round about shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass.
- Exodus 28:32 סָבִ֜יב n c bs It shall have a hole for the head in the midst of it: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of a coat of mail, that it not be torn.
- Exodus 28:33 סָבִ֑יב סָבִֽיב n c bs n c bs On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, around its hem; and bells of gold between them round about:
- Exodus 28:34 סָבִֽיב n c bs a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, on the hem of the robe round about.
- Exodus 29:16 סָבִֽיב n c bs You shall kill the ram, and you shall take its blood, and sprinkle it around on the altar.
- Exodus 29:20 סָבִֽיב n c bs Then you shall kill the ram, and take some of its blood, and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and on the tip of the right ear of his sons, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the big toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood on the altar round about.
- Exodus 30:3 סָבִ֖יב סָבִֽיב n c bs n c bs You shall overlay it with pure gold, the top of it, the sides of it around it, and its horns; and you shall make a gold molding around it.
- Exodus 37:2 סָבִֽיב n c bs He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold for it round about.
- Exodus 37:11 סָבִֽיב n c bs He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a gold molding around it.
- Exodus 37:12 סָבִ֑יב סָבִֽיב n c bs n c bs He made a border of a handbreadth around it, and made a golden molding on its border around it.
- Exodus 37:26 סָבִ֖יב סָבִֽיב n c bs n c bs He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, its sides around it, and its horns. He made a gold molding around it.
- Exodus 38:16 סָבִ֖יב n c bs All the hangings around the court were of fine twined linen.
- Exodus 38:20 סָבִ֖יב n c bs All the pins of the tent, and around the court, were of brass.
- Exodus 38:31 סָבִ֔יב סָבִֽיב n c bs n c bs the sockets around the court, the sockets of the gate of the court, all the pins of the tent, and all the pins around the court.
- Exodus 39:23 סָבִ֖יב n c bs The opening of the robe in the midst of it was like the opening of a coat of mail, with a binding around its opening, that it should not be torn.
- Exodus 39:25 סָבִ֔יב n c bs They made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates around the skirts of the robe, between the pomegranates;
- Exodus 39:26 סָבִ֑יב n c bs a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, around the skirts of the robe, to minister in, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Exodus 40:8 סָבִ֑יב n c bs You shall set up the court around it, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.
- Exodus 40:33 סָבִיב֙ n c bs He raised up the court around the tent and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work.
Leviticus 15 verses
- Leviticus 1:5 סָבִ֔יב n c bs He shall kill the bull before Yahweh. Aaron's sons, the priests, shall present the blood and sprinkle the blood around on the altar that is at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
- Leviticus 1:11 סָבִֽיב n c bs He shall kill it on the north side of the altar before Yahweh. Aaron's sons, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar.
- Leviticus 3:2 סָבִֽיב n c bs He shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tent of meeting: and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood on the altar round about.
- Leviticus 3:8 סָבִֽיב n c bs and he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it before the tent of meeting: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle its blood on the altar round about.
- Leviticus 3:13 סָבִֽיב n c bs and he shall lay his hand on its head, and kill it before the tent of meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood on the altar round about.
- Leviticus 7:2 סָבִֽיב n c bs In the place where they kill the burnt offering, he shall kill the trespass offering; and its blood he shall sprinkle on the altar round about.
- Leviticus 8:15 סָבִיב֙ n c bs He killed it; and Moses took the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement for it.
- Leviticus 8:19 סָבִֽיב n c bs He killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood on the altar round about.
- Leviticus 8:24 סָבִֽיב n c bs He brought Aaron's sons; and Moses put some of the blood on the tip of their right ear, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the great toe of their right foot; and Moses sprinkled the blood on the altar round about.
- Leviticus 9:12 סָבִֽיב n c bs He killed the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons delivered the blood to him, and he sprinkled it on the altar round about.
- Leviticus 9:18 סָבִֽיב n c bs He also killed the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron's sons delivered to him the blood, which he sprinkled on the altar round about,
- Leviticus 14:41 סָבִ֑יב n c bs and he shall cause the inside of the house to be scraped round about, and they shall pour out the mortar, that they scraped off, outside of the city into an unclean place.
- Leviticus 16:18 סָבִֽיב n c bs "He shall go out to the altar that is before Yahweh and make atonement for it, and shall take some of the bull's blood, and some of the goat's blood, and put it on the horns of the altar round about.
- Leviticus 25:31 סָבִ֔יב n c bs But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be reckoned with the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.
- Leviticus 25:44 סְבִיבֹ֣תֵי/כֶ֔ם n c bp cs + sfx pers 2mp "'As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have; of the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves.
Numbers 18 verses
- Numbers 1:50 וְ/סָבִ֥יב conj + n c bs but appoint the Levites over the Tabernacle of the Testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They shall carry the tabernacle, and all its furnishings; and they shall take care of it, and shall encamp around it.
- Numbers 1:53 סָבִיב֙ n c bs But the Levites shall encamp around the Tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be responsible for the Tabernacle of the Testimony."
- Numbers 2:2 סָבִ֥יב n c bs "The children of Israel shall encamp every man by his own standard, with the ensigns of their fathers' houses: at a distance from the tent of meeting shall they encamp around it."
- Numbers 3:26 סָבִ֑יב n c bs and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and around the altar, and its cords for all of its service.
- Numbers 3:37 סָבִ֖יב n c bs the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins, and their cords.
- Numbers 4:26 סָבִ֔יב n c bs and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and around the altar, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatever shall be done with them. Therein shall they serve.
- Numbers 4:32 סָבִ֜יב n c bs and the pillars of the court around it, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name you shall appoint the instruments of the charge of their burden.
- Numbers 11:24 סְבִיבֹ֥ת n c bp cs Moses went out, and told the people the words of Yahweh: and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the Tent.
- Numbers 11:31 סְבִיב֖וֹת n c bp cs There went forth a wind from Yahweh, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of the earth.
- Numbers 11:32 סְבִיב֖וֹת n c bp cs The people rose up all that day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails: he who gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
- Numbers 16:24 מִ/סָּבִ֔יב prep + n c bs Speak to the congregation, saying, Get away from around the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
- Numbers 16:27 מִ/סָּבִ֑יב prep + n c bs So they got them up from the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little ones.
- Numbers 16:34 סְבִיבֹתֵי/הֶ֖ם n c bp cs + sfx pers 3mp All Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.
- Numbers 22:4 סְבִ֣יבֹתֵ֔י/נוּ n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cp Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now will this multitude lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field. Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.
- Numbers 32:33 סָבִֽיב n c bs Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, according to the cities of it with [their] borders, even the cities of the land round about.
- Numbers 34:12 סָבִֽיב n c bs and the border shall go down to the Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to the borders of it round about.
- Numbers 35:2 סְבִיבֹ֣תֵי/הֶ֔ם n c bp cs + sfx pers 3mp Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and suburbs for the cities round about them shall you give to the Levites.
- Numbers 35:4 סָבִֽיב n c bs The suburbs of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward one thousand cubits round about.
Deuteronomy 6 verses
- Deuteronomy 6:14 סְבִיבוֹתֵי/כֶֽם n c bp cs + sfx pers 2mp You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who are round about you;
- Deuteronomy 12:10 מִ/סָּבִ֖יב prep + n c bs But when you go over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all your enemies round about, so that you dwell in safety;
- Deuteronomy 13:7 סְבִיבֹ֣תֵי/כֶ֔ם n c bp cs + sfx pers 2mp of the gods of the peoples who are round about you, near to you, or far off from you, from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth;
- Deuteronomy 17:14 סְבִיבֹתָֽ/י n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cs When you are come to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, and shall possess it, and shall dwell therein, and shall say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are round about me;
- Deuteronomy 21:2 סְבִיבֹ֥ת n c bp cs then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are round about him who is slain:
- Deuteronomy 25:19 מִ/סָּבִ֗יב prep + n c bs Therefore it shall be, when Yahweh your God has given you rest from all your enemies round about, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it, that you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky; you shall not forget.
Joshua 7 verses
- Joshua 15:12 סָבִ֖יב n c bs The west border was to the great sea, and the border [of it]. This is the border of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
- Joshua 18:20 סָבִ֖יב n c bs The Jordan was the border of it on the east quarter. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the borders of it round about, according to their families.
- Joshua 19:8 סְבִיבוֹת֙ n c bp cs and all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath Beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.
- Joshua 21:11 סְבִיבֹתֶֽי/הָ n c bp cs + sfx pers 3fs They gave them Kiriath Arba, [which Arba was] the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, with the suburbs of it round about it.
- Joshua 21:42 סְבִיבֹתֶ֑י/הָ n c bp cs + sfx pers 3fs These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus it was with all these cities.
- Joshua 21:44 מִ/סָּבִ֔יב prep + n c bs Yahweh gave them rest round about, according to all that he swore to their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; Yahweh delivered all their enemies into their hand.
- Joshua 23:1 מִ/סָּבִ֑יב prep + n c bs It happened after many days, when Yahweh had given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua was old and well stricken in years;
Judges 6 verses
- Judges 2:12 סְבִיב֣וֹתֵי/הֶ֔ם n c bp cs + sfx pers 3mp and they forsook Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples who were round about them, and bowed themselves down to them: and they provoked Yahweh to anger.
- Judges 2:14 מִ/סָּבִ֔יב prep + n c bs The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers who despoiled them; and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
- Judges 7:18 סְבִיבוֹת֙ n c bp cs When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then blow you the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, For Yahweh and for Gideon.
- Judges 7:21 סָבִ֖יב n c bs They stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran; and they shouted, and put [them] to flight.
- Judges 8:34 מִ/סָּבִֽיב prep + n c bs The children of Israel didn't remember Yahweh their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side;
- Judges 20:29 סָבִֽיב n c bs Israel set liers-in-wait against Gibeah round about.
1 Samuel 6 verses
- 1 Samuel 12:11 מִ/סָּבִ֔יב prep + n c bs Yahweh sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side; and you lived in safety.
- 1 Samuel 14:21 סָבִ֑יב n c bs Now the Hebrews who were with the Philistines as before, and who went up with them into the camp, [from the country] round about, even they also [turned] to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.
- 1 Samuel 14:47 סָבִ֣יב n c bs Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and wherever he turned himself, he put [them] to the worse.
- 1 Samuel 26:5 סביבת/ו סְבִיבֹתָֽי/ו n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms David arose, and came to the place where Saul had encamped; and David saw the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay within the place of the wagons, and the people were encamped round about him.
- 1 Samuel 26:7 סביבת/ו סְבִיבֹתָֽי/ו n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay round about him.
- 1 Samuel 31:9 סָבִ֗יב n c bs They cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the news to the house of their idols, and to the people.
2 Samuel 4 verses
- 2 Samuel 5:9 סָבִ֔יב n c bs David lived in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. David built round about from Millo and inward.
- 2 Samuel 7:1 מִ/סָּבִ֖יב prep + n c bs It happened, when the king lived in his house, and Yahweh had given him rest from all his enemies round about,
- 2 Samuel 22:12 סְבִיבֹתָ֖י/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms He made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
- 2 Samuel 24:6 וְ/סָבִ֖יב conj + n c bs then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; and they came to Dan Jaan, and round about to Sidon,
1 Kings 15 verses
- 1 Kings 3:1 סָבִֽיב n c bs Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of Yahweh, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
- 1 Kings 4:24 מִ/סָּבִֽיב prep + n c bs For he had dominion over all [the region] on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River: and he had peace on all sides round about him.
- 1 Kings 4:31 סָבִֽיב n c bs For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all the nations round about.
- 1 Kings 5:4 מִ/סָּבִ֑יב prep + n c bs But now Yahweh my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary, nor evil occurrence.
- 1 Kings 6:5 סָבִ֔יב סָבִ֔יב סָבִֽיב n c bs n c bs n c bs Against the wall of the house he built stories round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle; and he made side-chambers round about.
- 1 Kings 6:6 סָבִיב֙ n c bs The nethermost story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for on the outside he made offsets [in the wall] of the house round about, that [the beams] should not have hold in the walls of the house.
- 1 Kings 7:12 סָבִ֗יב n c bs The great court round about had three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams; like as the inner court of the house of Yahweh, and the porch of the house.
- 1 Kings 7:18 סָבִ֜יב n c bs So he made the pillars; and there were two rows round about on the one network, to cover the capitals that were on the top of the pillars: and so did he for the other capital.
- 1 Kings 7:20 סָבִ֔יב n c bs There were capitals above also on the two pillars, close by the belly which was beside the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred, in rows round about on the other capital.
- 1 Kings 7:23 סָבִ֗יב סָבִֽיב n c bs n c bs He made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and the height of it was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.
- 1 Kings 7:24 סָבִיב֙ סָבִ֑יב n c bs n c bs Under the brim of it round about there were buds which did compass it, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about: the buds were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
- 1 Kings 7:35 סָבִ֑יב n c bs In the top of the base was there a round compass half a cubit high; and on the top of the base the stays of it and the panels of it were of the same.
- 1 Kings 7:36 סָבִֽיב n c bs On the plates of the stays of it, and on the panels of it, he engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths round about.
- 1 Kings 18:32 סָבִ֖יב n c bs With the stones he built an altar in the name of Yahweh; and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
- 1 Kings 18:35 סָבִ֖יב n c bs The water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
2 Kings 8 verses
- 2 Kings 6:17 סְבִיבֹ֥ת n c bp cs Elisha prayed, and said, Yahweh, Please open his eyes, that he may see. Yahweh opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
- 2 Kings 11:8 סָבִ֗יב n c bs You shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and he who comes within the ranks, let him be slain: and be you with the king when he goes out, and when he comes in.
- 2 Kings 11:11 סָבִֽיב n c bs The guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, by the king round about.
- 2 Kings 17:15 סְבִֽיבֹתָ֔/ם n c bp cs + sfx pers 3mp They rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified to them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and [went] after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Yahweh had charged those who they should not do like them.
- 2 Kings 25:1 סָבִֽיב n c bs It happened in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.
- 2 Kings 25:4 סָבִ֑יב n c bs Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war [fled] by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden (now the Chaldeans were against the city round about); and [the king] went by the way of the Arabah.
- 2 Kings 25:10 סָבִ֑יב n c bs All the army of the Chaldeans, who were [with] the captain of the guard, broke down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
- 2 Kings 25:17 סָבִ֖יב n c bs The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of brass was on it; and the height of the capital was three cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital round about, all of brass: and like to these had the second pillar with network.
1 Chronicles 8 verses
- 1 Chronicles 4:33 סְבִיב֛וֹת n c bp cs and all their villages that were round about the same cities, to Baal. These were their habitations, and they have their genealogy.
- 1 Chronicles 6:55 סְבִיבֹתֶֽי/הָ n c bp cs + sfx pers 3fs to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs of it round about it;
- 1 Chronicles 9:27 וּ/סְבִיב֥וֹת conj + n c bp cs They lodged round about the house of God, because the charge [of it] was on them; and to them pertained the opening of it morning by morning.
- 1 Chronicles 10:9 סָבִ֗יב n c bs They stripped him, and took his head, and his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the news to their idols, and to the people.
- 1 Chronicles 11:8 מִ/סָּבִ֔יב הַ/סָּבִ֑יב prep + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs He built the city round about, from Millo even round about; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
- 1 Chronicles 22:9 מִ/סָּבִ֑יב prep + n c bs Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days:
- 1 Chronicles 22:18 מִ/סָּבִ֑יב prep + n c bs Isn't Yahweh your God with you? Hasn't he given you rest on every side? for he has delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before Yahweh, and before his people.
- 1 Chronicles 28:12 סָבִ֑יב n c bs and the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit, for the courts of the house of Yahweh, and for all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of the house of God, and for the treasuries of the dedicated things;
2 Chronicles 11 verses
- 2 Chronicles 4:2 סָבִ֗יב סָבִֽיב n c bs n c bs Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass; and the height of it was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.
- 2 Chronicles 4:3 סָבִ֤יב סָבִיב֙ סָבִ֑יב n c bs n c bs n c bs Under it was the likeness of oxen, which did compass it round about, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
- 2 Chronicles 14:7 מִ/סָּבִ֑יב prep + n c bs For he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars; the land is yet before us, because we have sought Yahweh our God; we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
- 2 Chronicles 14:14 סְבִיב֣וֹת n c bp They struck all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of Yahweh came on them: and they despoiled all the cities; for there was much spoil in them.
- 2 Chronicles 15:15 מִ/סָּבִֽיב prep + n c bs All Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and Yahweh gave them rest round about.
- 2 Chronicles 17:10 סְבִיב֣וֹת n c bp The fear of Yahweh fell on all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.
- 2 Chronicles 20:30 מִ/סָּבִֽיב prep + n c bs So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; for his God gave him rest round about.
- 2 Chronicles 23:7 סָבִ֗יב n c bs The Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whoever comes into the house, let him be slain: and be you with the king when he comes in, and when he goes out.
- 2 Chronicles 23:10 סָבִֽיב n c bs He set all the people, every man with his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, by the king round about.
- 2 Chronicles 32:22 מִ/סָּבִֽיב prep + n c bs Thus Yahweh saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all [others], and guided them on every side.
- 2 Chronicles 34:6 סָבִֽיב n c bs [So did he] in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even to Naphtali, in their ruins round about.
Ezra 1 verse
Nehemiah 4 verses
- Nehemiah 5:17 סְבִיבֹתֵ֖י/נוּ n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cp Moreover there were at my table, of the Jews and the rulers, one hundred fifty men, besides those who came to us from among the nations that were round about us.
- Nehemiah 6:16 סְבִֽיבֹתֵ֔י/נוּ n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cp It happened, when all our enemies heard [of it], that all the nations that were about us feared, and were much cast down in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was worked of our God.
- Nehemiah 12:28 סְבִיב֣וֹת n c bp The sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites;
- Nehemiah 12:29 סְבִיב֖וֹת n c bp also from Beth Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had built them villages round about Jerusalem.
Job 8 verses
- Job 1:10 מִ/סָּבִ֑יב prep + n c bs Haven't you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
- Job 10:8 סָ֝בִ֗יב n c bs 'Your hands have framed me and fashioned me altogether; Yet you destroy me.
- Job 18:11 סָ֭בִיב n c bs Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase him at his heels.
- Job 19:10 סָ֭בִיב n c bs He has broken me down on every side, and I am gone. My hope he has plucked up like a tree.
- Job 19:12 סָבִ֣יב n c bs His troops come on together, Build a siege ramp against me, And encamp around my tent.
- Job 22:10 סְבִיבוֹתֶ֣י/ךָ n c bp cs + sfx pers 2ms Therefore snares are round about you. Sudden fear troubles you,
- Job 29:5 סְבִ֖יבוֹתַ֣/י n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cs When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were around me;
- Job 41:14 סְבִיב֖וֹת n c bp cs Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth is terror.
Psalms 18 verses
- Psalms 3:6 סָ֝בִ֗יב n c bs I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people Who have set themselves against me on every side.
- Psalms 12:8 סָבִ֗יב n c bs The wicked walk on every side, When what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.
- Psalms 18:11 סְבִֽיבוֹתָ֥י/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion around him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
- Psalms 27:6 סְֽבִיבוֹתַ֗/י n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cs Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me. I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to Yahweh.
- Psalms 31:13 מִ/סָּ֫בִ֥יב prep + n c bs For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side, While they conspire together against me, They plot to take away my life.
- Psalms 34:7 סָ֘בִ֤יב n c bs The angel of Yahweh encamps round about those who fear him, And delivers them.
- Psalms 44:13 לִ/סְבִיבוֹתֵֽי/נוּ prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cp You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.
- Psalms 50:3 וּ֝/סְבִיבָ֗י/ו conj + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very tempestuous around him.
- Psalms 76:11 סְבִיבָ֑י/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms Make vows to Yahweh your God, and fulfill them! Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared.
- Psalms 78:28 סָ֝בִ֗יב n c bs He let them fall in the midst of their camp, Around their habitations.
- Psalms 79:3 סְֽבִ֘יב֤וֹת n c bp cs Their blood they have shed like water around Jerusalem. There was no one to bury them.
- Psalms 79:4 לִ/סְבִיבוֹתֵֽי/נוּ prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cp We have become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to those who are around us.
- Psalms 89:7 סְבִיבָֽי/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms A very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, To be feared above all those who are around him?
- Psalms 89:8 סְבִיבוֹתֶֽי/ךָ n c bp cs + sfx pers 2ms Yahweh, God of hosts, who is a mighty one, like you? Yah, your faithfulness is around you.
- Psalms 97:2 סְבִיבָ֑י/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
- Psalms 97:3 סָבִ֣יב n c bs A fire goes before him, And burns up his adversaries on every side.
- Psalms 125:2 סָבִ֪יב סָבִ֣יב n c bs n c bs As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So Yahweh surrounds his people from this time forth and forevermore.
- Psalms 128:3 סָ֝בִ֗יב n c bs Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of your house; Your children like olive plants, Around your table.
Ecclesiastes 1 verse
Song of Solomon 1 verse
Isaiah 3 verses
- Isaiah 42:25 מִ/סָּבִיב֙ prep + n c bs Therefore he poured on him the fierceness of his anger, and the strength of battle; and it set him on fire round about, yet he didn't know; and it burned him, yet he didn't lay it to heart.
- Isaiah 49:18 סָבִ֤יב n c bs Lift up your eyes round about, and see: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. As I live, says Yahweh, you shall surely clothe you with them all as with an ornament, and gird yourself with them, like a bride.
- Isaiah 60:4 סָבִ֤יב n c bs Lift up your eyes round about, and see: they all gather themselves together, they come to you; your sons shall come from far, and your daughters shall be carried in the arms.
Jeremiah 27 verses
- Jeremiah 1:15 סָבִ֔יב n c bs For, behold, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, says Yahweh; and they shall come, and they shall set everyone his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls of it round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
- Jeremiah 4:17 מִ/סָּבִ֑יב prep + n c bs As keepers of a field are they against her round about, because she has been rebellious against me, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 6:3 סָבִ֔יב n c bs Shepherds with their flocks shall come to her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed everyone in his place.
- Jeremiah 6:25 מִ/סָּבִֽיב prep + n c bs Don't go forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy, [and] terror, are on every side.
- Jeremiah 12:9 סָבִ֣יב n c bs Is my heritage to me as a speckled bird of prey? are the birds of prey against her round about? go you, assemble all the animals of the field, bring them to devour.
- Jeremiah 17:26 וּ/מִ/סְּבִיב֨וֹת conj + prep + n c bp cs They shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places round about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the lowland, and from the hill-country, and from the South, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meal-offerings, and frankincense, and bringing [sacrifices of] thanksgiving, to the house of Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 20:10 מִ/סָּבִיב֒ prep + n c bs For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, [say] all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall; peradventure he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
- Jeremiah 21:14 סְבִיבֶֽי/הָ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3fs I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, says Yahweh; and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is round about her.
- Jeremiah 25:9 סָבִ֑יב n c bs behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, says Yahweh, and [I will send] to Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants of it, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
- Jeremiah 32:44 וּ/בִ/סְבִיבֵ֣י conj + prep + n c bp cs Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill-country, and in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South: for I will cause their captivity to return, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 33:13 וּ/בִ/סְבִיבֵ֥י conj + prep + n c bp cs In the cities of the hill-country, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks again pass under the hands of him who numbers them, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 46:5 מִ/סָּבִ֖יב prep + n c bs Why have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and have fled apace, and don't look back: terror is on every side, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 46:14 סְבִיבֶֽי/ךָ n c bp cs + sfx pers 2ms Declare you in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes: say you, Stand forth, and prepare you; for the sword has devoured round about you.
- Jeremiah 48:17 סְבִיבָ֔י/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms All you who are round about him, bemoan him, and all you who know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!
- Jeremiah 48:39 סְבִיבָֽי/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms How is it broken down! [how] do they wail! how has Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab become a derision and a terror to all who are round about him.
- Jeremiah 49:5 סְבִיבָ֑יִ/ךְ n c bp cs + sfx pers 2fs Behold, I will bring a fear on you, says the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, from all who are round about you; and you shall be driven out every man right forth, and there shall be none to gather together the fugitives.
- Jeremiah 49:29 מִ/סָּבִֽיב prep + n c bs Their tents and their flocks shall they take; they shall carry away for themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry to them, Terror on every side!
- Jeremiah 50:14 סָבִיב֙ n c bs Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all you who bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she has sinned against Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 50:15 סָבִיב֙ n c bs Shout against her round about: she has submitted herself; her bulwarks are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of Yahweh: take vengeance on her; as she has done, do to her.
- Jeremiah 50:29 סָבִ֗יב n c bs Call together the archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow; encamp against her round about; let none of it escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she has done, do to her; for she has been proud against Yahweh, against the Holy One of Israel.
- Jeremiah 50:32 סְבִיבֹתָֽי/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms The proud one shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up; and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all who are round about him.
- Jeremiah 51:2 מִ/סָּבִ֖יב prep + n c bs I will send to Babylon strangers, who shall winnow her; and they shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
- Jeremiah 52:4 סָבִֽיב n c bs It happened in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.
- Jeremiah 52:7 סָבִ֑יב n c bs Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were against the city round about;) and they went toward the Arabah.
- Jeremiah 52:14 סָבִ֑יב n c bs All the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.
- Jeremiah 52:22 סָבִ֖יב n c bs A capital of brass was on it; and the height of the one capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital round about, all of brass: and the second pillar also had like these, and pomegranates.
- Jeremiah 52:23 סָבִֽיב n c bs There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates were one hundred on the network round about.
Lamentations 3 verses
- Lamentations 1:17 סְבִיבָ֣י/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms Zion spreads forth her hands; there is none to comfort her; Yahweh has commanded concerning Jacob, that those who are round about him should be his adversaries: Jerusalem is among them as an unclean thing.
- Lamentations 2:3 סָבִֽיב n c bs He has cut off in fierce anger all the horn of Israel; He has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy: He has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours round about.
- Lamentations 2:22 מִ/סָּבִ֔יב prep + n c bs You have called, as in the day of a solemn assembly, my terrors on every side; There was none that escaped or remained in the day of Yahweh's anger: Those that I have dandled and brought up has my enemy consumed.
Ezekiel 74 verses
- Ezekiel 1:4 סָבִ֑יב n c bs I looked, and, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with flashing lightning, and a brightness round about it, and out of the midst of it as it were glowing metal, out of the midst of the fire.
- Ezekiel 1:18 סָבִ֖יב n c bs As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and they four had their rims full of eyes round about.
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סביב — transliterated çâbîyb — is a Hebrew word carrying the sense “round about.” Its English rendering has broadened — “round about” classically, “around” (Berean Standard Bible) and “all around” (unfoldingWord Literal Text) in modern versions; see the renderings breakdown. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 282 verses — common. More than a quarter of its appearances fall in Ezekiel. It also covers “places round about” and “circuit”, alongside “round about” — see its full sense range. See the sense tree, 282-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H5439 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 282
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 282 distinct verses.
- 28 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 28 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #146
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 146 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 282 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 282 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 159 verses · 56%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 67 verses · 24%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 56 verses · 20%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Round about 181×, Are round about 19×, Every side 18×
- American Standard Version†: Round about 165×, Every side 14×, Are round about 13×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Around 61×, All around 30×, Every side 27×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: All around 113×, Around 55×, Surrounding 15×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H5439 across 308† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 33 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H5439 across 307† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 56 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H5439 across 295† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 50 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 38 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H5439 across 329† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 43 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
8 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 8 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
סביב I subst., used mostly as adv. and prep., circuit, round about
- 1. in sg.:—
- a. as subst. 1 Ch 11:8 מן־המלוא וְעַד־הַסָּבִיב and to the parts round about. e.g. 1 Chronicles 11:8
- b. as adv.acc. סָבִיב (in) a circuit, i.e. round about, Gn 23:17 בְּכָל־גְּבֻלוֹ סָבִיב Ex 19:12; 25:11, 24, 25, Lv 1:5, 11 עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ סָבִיב, Ju 20:29 1 K 3:1; 5:11 ψ 3:7 אֲשֶׁר ס׳ שָׁתוּ עָלָ֑י, 12:9 34:8 + often; sometimes doubled, for the sake of emphasis, 2 Ch 4:3, Ez 8:10 עַל הַקִּיר ס׳ ס׳, 37:2; 40:5 and often in Ez 40–43. e.g. Genesis 23:17
- c. as prep.: (a) †Am 3:11 צַר וּסְבִיב הָאָרֶץ distress, and that in the circuit of (= round about) the land (but read prob. with 𝔖 יְסֹבֵב will encircle). (b) סָבִיב לְ׳ Ex 16:13; 40:33 Nu 1:50, 53; 2:2 Ju 7:21 1 K 6:5; 18:32, 35 Ez 41:10, 16 Jb 19:12 ψ 34:8; 78:28; 125:2(×2) י׳ סָבִיב לְעַמּוֹ, 128:3 Ct 3:7 Na 3:8. (c) strangely, סָבִיב אֵת †1 K 6:5 (om.𝔊), Ez 43:17. e.g. Amos 3:11
- d. מִסָּבִיב42, from round about, from every side, Ez 16:33, 37; 23:22; 37:21, but usually (מִן 1 c) = on every side, Je 4:17 הָיוּ עָלֶיהָ מִסָּבִיב, Is 42:25 וַתְּלַהֲטֵהוּ מ׳, Jo 4:11, 12; †מָגוֹר מִסָּבִיב terror on every side! Je 6:25; 20:3, 10; 46:5; 49:29 ψ 31:14, cf. La 2:22; especially in the Deut. phrases אוֹיְבִים מ׳, or הֵנִיחַ מ׳ (sometimes in combin.), as Dt 12:10 והניח לכם מכל־אויביכם מ׳, 25:19 Jos 21:42 וַיָּנַח י׳ לָהֶם מ׳, 23:1 Ju 2:14; 8:34 1 S 12:11 +; מִסָּבִיב לְ from round about, †Nu 16:24, 27.—On 1 S 14:21 2 S 24:6 Jb 10:8 v. סָבַב. e.g. Ezekiel 16:33
- 2. In plur.:—
- a. †סְבִיבִים: (a) in masc. sense, those round about, ψ 76:12 כָּל־סְבִיבָיו יֹבִילוּשַׁי, 89:8 Je 48:17, 39. (b) in neuter sense, the parts round about, Je 49:5 מִכָּל־סְבִיבָ֑יִךְ, בִּסְבִיבֵי ירושׁלם 32:44; 33:13; 21:14 וְאָֽכְלָה כָּל־סְבִיבֶיהָ, 46:14; with the force of a prep., ψ 50:3 וסביביו נשׂערה מאד, 97:2 La 1:17. e.g. Psalms 76:12
- b. סְבִיבוֹת: (a) as subst. (α) circuits, Ec 1:6 ועל סביבותיו שָׁב הָרוּחַ; (β) the parts round about, Nu 22:4 ילחכו הקהל את־כל־סְבִיבֹתֵינוּ, Je 17:26; 50:32 (cf. 21:14 supr.); with ref. to their inhabitants, ψ 44:19 = 79:4 לעג וקלם לסב׳, Ez 16:57; 28:24 Dn 9:16. (b) with the force of a prep. Ex 7:24 סְבִיבֹת הַיְאֹר lit. (in) the circuits of the Nile = round about the Nile, Nu 11:24, 31, 32; 35:2 סְבִיבֹתֵיהֶם, Ju 7:18 1 S 26:5, 7 2 K 6:17 סביבֹת אלישׁע, ψ 18:12; 27:6 על אֹיְבַי סביבותי, etc.; often idiom. preceded by אשׁר, as Gn 35:5 הערים אשׁר סביבותיהם 41:48 Lv 25:44 Nu 16:34 Dt 6:14; 13:8; 17:14; 21:2 +. In the same sense מִסְּבִיבוֹתָם + Ez 28:26. e.g. Ecclesiastes 1:6
סביב II encompassing, surrounding(?)
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. subst., used mostly as adv. and prep., circuit, round about:—cstr. סְבִיב †Am 3:11; pl. cstr. סְבִיבֵי †Je 32:44; 33:13, sf. סְבִיבֶיךָ etc. (10 times), much oftener סְבִיבוֹת Ex 7:24 + 22 times, סְבִיבוֹתַי, תֶיךָ-, etc., Dt 17:14, etc. (48 times):—
I. n.m. encompassing, surrounding(?);—only cstr. מוּסַב הַבַּיִת Ez 41:7 the encompassing of the house, but meaning wholly obscure; מוּסַף enlargement Ew Berthol ToyHpt after 𝔊; Co del. clause as dittogr.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from סבב (çâbab) (H5437) — to turn around.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
סָבִיב
- around. Tanḥ. B’midb. 12 ס׳ למשכן around the Tabernacle; a. e.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 84 distinct written forms H5439 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 24 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H5439, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- מוסב mûwçâb H4141 surrounding
- מסב mêçab H4524 surroundings
- נסבה nᵉçibbâh H5252 turn of affairs
- סבה çibbâh H5438 turn of events
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 6 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 257 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 282 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 23:17
- Exodus 7:24
- Leviticus 1:5
- Numbers 1:50
- Deuteronomy 6:14
- Joshua 15:12
- Judges 2:12
- 1 Samuel 12:11
- 2 Samuel 5:9
- 1 Kings 5:4
- 2 Kings 6:17
- 1 Chronicles 4:33
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
