סָגַר
to shut
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Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘shut door’
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”). Here: ‘deliver up to’
- Pual
- The passive counterpart of the Piel. Here: ‘of cities Je 13’
- Niphal
- Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”). Here: ‘subj. pers. be shut up [in city] 1 S 23’
- Piel
- An intensive or resultative active stem.
Form
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms 40 distinct
- Verb, Hiphil, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 9 times (10%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 8 times (9%)
- Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 7 times (8%)
- Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 6 times (7%)
- Verb, Qal, Participle Passive, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 5 times (5%)
- Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural 4 times (4%)
- Verb, Hiphil, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 4 times (4%)
- Verb, Hiphil, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural 4 times (4%)
+32 more forms (44 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 91 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H5462 appears — 87 distinct verses across 23 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 4 verses
- Genesis 2:21 וַ/יִּסְגֹּ֥ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.
- Genesis 7:16 וַ/יִּסְגֹּ֥ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Those who went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him; and Yahweh shut him in.
- Genesis 19:6 סָגַ֥ר Qal pf 3ms Lot went out to them to the door, and shut the door after him.
- Genesis 19:10 סָגָֽרוּ Qal pf 3cp But the men put forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut the door.
Exodus 1 verse
Leviticus 11 verses
- Leviticus 13:4 וְ/הִסְגִּ֧יר conj + Hiphil wpf 3ms If the bright spot is white in the skin of his body, and the appearance of it isn't deeper than the skin, and the hair of it hasn't turned white, then the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days.
- Leviticus 13:5 וְ/הִסְגִּיר֧/וֹ conj + Hiphil wpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms The priest shall examine him on the seventh day, and, behold, if in his eyes the plague is arrested, and the plague hasn't spread in the skin, then the priest shall isolate him for seven more days.
- Leviticus 13:11 יַסְגִּרֶ֔/נּוּ Hiphil impf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms it is a chronic leprosy in the skin of his body, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean. He shall not isolate him, for he is unclean.
- Leviticus 13:21 וְ/הִסְגִּיר֥/וֹ conj + Hiphil wpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms But if the priest examines it, and, behold, there are no white hairs in it, and it isn't deeper than the skin, but is dim, then the priest shall isolate him seven days.
- Leviticus 13:26 וְ/הִסְגִּיר֥/וֹ conj + Hiphil wpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms But if the priest examines it, and, behold, there is no white hair in the bright spot, and it isn't lower than the skin, but is faded; then the priest shall isolate him seven days.
- Leviticus 13:31 וְ/הִסְגִּ֧יר conj + Hiphil wpf 3ms If the priest examines the plague of itching, and, behold, its appearance isn't deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall isolate him the person infected with itching seven days.
- Leviticus 13:33 וְ/הִסְגִּ֨יר conj + Hiphil wpf 3ms then he shall be shaved, but he shall not shave the itch; and the priest shall shut him up who has the itch seven more days.
- Leviticus 13:50 וְ/הִסְגִּ֥יר conj + Hiphil wpf 3ms The priest shall examine the plague, and isolate the plague seven days.
- Leviticus 13:54 וְ/הִסְגִּיר֥/וֹ conj + Hiphil wpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms then the priest shall command that they wash the thing in which the plague is, and he shall isolate it seven more days.
- Leviticus 14:38 וְ/הִסְגִּ֥יר conj + Hiphil wpf 3ms then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days.
- Leviticus 14:46 הִסְגִּ֣יר Hiphil pf 3ms "Moreover he who goes into the house while it is shut up shall be unclean until the evening.
Numbers 2 verses
- Numbers 12:14 תִּסָּגֵ֞ר Niphal impf 3fs Yahweh said to Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, shouldn't she be ashamed seven days? let her be shut up outside of the camp seven days, and after that she shall be brought in again.
- Numbers 12:15 וַ/תִּסָּגֵ֥ר conj + Niphal wimpf 3fs Miriam was shut up outside of the camp seven days: and the people didn't travel until Miriam was brought in again.
Deuteronomy 2 verses
- Deuteronomy 23:15 תַסְגִּ֥יר Hiphil impf 2ms You shall not deliver to his master a servant who is escaped from his master to you:
- Deuteronomy 32:30 הִסְגִּירָֽ/ם Hiphil pf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp How should one chase a thousand, Two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, Yahweh had delivered them up?
Joshua 4 verses
- Joshua 2:5 לִ/סְגּ֗וֹר prep + Qal inf.cs and it happened about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out; where the men went I don't know: pursue after them quickly; for you will overtake them.
- Joshua 2:7 סָגָ֔רוּ Qal pf 3cp The men pursued after them the way to the Jordan to the fords: and as soon as those who pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
- Joshua 6:1 סֹגֶ֣רֶת וּ/מְסֻגֶּ֔רֶת Qal ptcp.act fs conj + Pual ptcp.pass fs Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
- Joshua 20:5 יַסְגִּ֥רוּ Hiphil impf 3mp If the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he struck his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him before.
Judges 3 verses
- Judges 3:22 וַ/יִּסְגֹּ֤ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms and the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed on the blade, for he didn't draw the sword out of his body; and it came out behind.
- Judges 3:23 וַ/יִּסְגֹּ֞ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room on him, and locked them.
- Judges 9:51 וַֽ/יִּסְגְּר֖וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp But there was a strong tower within the city, and there fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut themselves in, and got them up to the roof of the tower.
1 Samuel 10 verses
- 1 Samuel 1:5 סָגַ֥ר Qal pf 3ms but to Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but Yahweh had shut up her womb.
- 1 Samuel 1:6 סָגַ֥ר Qal pf 3ms Her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Yahweh had shut up her womb.
- 1 Samuel 17:46 יְסַגֶּרְ/ךָ֩ Piel impf 3ms + sfx pers 2ms This day will Yahweh deliver you into my hand; and I will strike you, and take your head from off you; and I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky, and to the wild animals of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
- 1 Samuel 23:7 נִסְגַּ֣ר Niphal pf 3ms It was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. Saul said, God has delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that has gates and bars.
- 1 Samuel 23:11 הֲ/יַסְגִּרֻ֣/נִי ptcl inter + Hiphil impf 3mp + sfx pers 1cs Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? Yahweh, the God of Israel, I beg you, tell your servant. Yahweh said, He will come down.
- 1 Samuel 23:12 הֲ/יַסְגִּ֜רוּ יַסְגִּֽירוּ ptcl inter + Hiphil impf 3mp Hiphil impf 3mp Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver up to me and my men into the hand of Saul? Yahweh said, They will deliver you up.
- 1 Samuel 23:20 הַסְגִּיר֖/וֹ Hiphil inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king's hand.
- 1 Samuel 24:18 סִגְּרַ֧/נִי Piel pf 3ms + sfx pers 1cs You have declared this day how that you have dealt well with me, because when Yahweh had delivered me up into your hand, you didn't kill me.
- 1 Samuel 26:8 סִגַּ֨ר Piel pf 3ms Then said Abishai to David, God has delivered up your enemy into your hand this day: now therefore please let me strike him with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not strike him the second time.
- 1 Samuel 30:15 תַּסְגִּרֵ֨/נִי֙ Hiphil impf 2ms + sfx pers 1cs David said to him, Will you bring me down to this troop? He said, Swear to me by God, that you will neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this troop.
2 Samuel 1 verse
1 Kings 6 verses
- 1 Kings 6:20 סָג֑וּר n c ms Within the oracle was [a space of] twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height of it; and he overlaid it with pure gold: and he covered the altar with cedar.
- 1 Kings 6:21 סָג֑וּר n c ms So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he drew chains of gold across before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.
- 1 Kings 7:49 סָג֑וּר n c ms and the lampstands, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, of pure gold; and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;
- 1 Kings 7:50 סָג֑וּר n c ms and the cups, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the fire pans, of pure gold; and the hinges, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, [to wit], of the temple, of gold.
- 1 Kings 10:21 סָג֑וּר n c ms All king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
- 1 Kings 11:27 סָגַ֕ר Qal pf 3ms This was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of the city of David his father.
2 Kings 5 verses
- 2 Kings 4:4 וְ/סָגַ֤רְתְּ conj + Qal pf 2fs You shall go in, and shut the door on you and on your sons, and pour out into all those vessels; and you shall set aside that which is full.
- 2 Kings 4:5 וַ/תִּסְגֹּ֣ר conj + Qal wimpf 3fs So she went from him, and shut the door on her and on her sons; they brought [the vessels] to her, and she poured out.
- 2 Kings 4:21 וַ/תִּסְגֹּ֥ר conj + Qal wimpf 3fs She went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut [the door] on him, and went out.
- 2 Kings 4:33 וַ/יִּסְגֹּ֥ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He went in therefore, and shut the door on them both, and prayed to Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 6:32 סִגְר֤וּ Qal impv 2mp But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him; and [the king] sent a man from before him: but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See you how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? behold, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold the door fast against him: isn't the sound of his master's feet behind him?
2 Chronicles 5 verses
- 2 Chronicles 4:20 סָגֽוּר n c ms and the lampstands with their lamps, to burn according to the ordinance before the oracle, of pure gold;
- 2 Chronicles 4:22 סָג֑וּר n c ms and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the fire pans, of pure gold: and as for the entry of the house, the inner doors of it for the most holy place, and the doors of the house, [to wit], of the temple, were of gold.
- 2 Chronicles 9:20 סָג֑וּר n c ms All king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: silver was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
- 2 Chronicles 28:24 וַ/יִּסְגֹּ֖ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of Yahweh; and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 29:7 סָֽגְר֞וּ Qal pf 3cp Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel.
Nehemiah 2 verses
- Nehemiah 6:10 וְ/נִסְגְּרָה֙ conj + Qal coh 1cp I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to kill you; yes, in the night will they come to kill you.
- Nehemiah 13:19 וַ/יִּסָּגְר֣וּ conj + Niphal wimpf 3mp It came to pass that, when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath: and some of my servants set I over the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the Sabbath day.
Job 5 verses
- Job 3:10 סָ֭גַר Qal pf 3ms Because it didn't shut up the doors of my mother's womb, Nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.
- Job 11:10 וְ/יַסְגִּ֑יר conj + Hiphil impf 3ms If he passes by, or confines, Or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?
- Job 12:14 יִסְגֹּ֥ר Qal impf 3ms Behold, he breaks down, and it can't be built again; He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
- Job 16:11 יַסְגִּירֵ֣/נִי Hiphil impf 3ms + sfx pers 1cs God delivers me to the ungodly, And casts me into the hands of the wicked.
- Job 41:15 סָ֝ג֗וּר Qal ptcp.pass ms Strong scales are his pride, Shut up together with a close seal.
Psalms 6 verses
- Psalms 17:10 סָּגְר֑וּ Qal pf 3cp They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly.
- Psalms 31:8 הִ֭סְגַּרְתַּ/נִי Hiphil pf 2ms + sfx pers 1cs You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. You have set my feet in a large place.
- Psalms 35:3 וּ֭/סְגֹר conj + Qal impv 2ms Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me. Tell my soul, "I am your salvation."
- Psalms 78:48 וַ/יַּסְגֵּ֣ר conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms He gave over their cattle also to the hail, And their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
- Psalms 78:50 הִסְגִּֽיר Hiphil pf 3ms He made a path for his anger. He didn't spare their soul from death, But gave their life over to the pestilence,
- Psalms 78:62 וַ/יַּסְגֵּ֣ר conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms He also gave his people over to the sword, And was angry with his inheritance.
Ecclesiastes 1 verse
Isaiah 6 verses
- Isaiah 22:22 סֹגֵ֔ר וְ/סָגַ֖ר Qal ptcp.act ms conj + Qal pf 3ms The key of the house of David will I lay on his shoulder; and he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
- Isaiah 24:10 סֻגַּ֥ר Pual pf 3ms The waste city is broken down; every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
- Isaiah 24:22 וְ/סֻגְּר֖וּ conj + Pual wpf 3cp They shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison; and after many days shall they be visited.
- Isaiah 26:20 וּֽ/סְגֹ֥ר conj + Qal impv 2ms Come, my people, enter you into your chambers, and shut your doors about you: hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation be past.
- Isaiah 45:1 יִסָּגֵֽרוּ Niphal impf 3mp Thus says Yahweh to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:
- Isaiah 60:11 יִסָּגֵ֑רוּ Niphal impf 3mp Your gates also shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring to you the wealth of the nations, and their kings led captive.
Jeremiah 1 verse
Lamentations 1 verse
Ezekiel 6 verses
- Ezekiel 3:24 הִסָּגֵ֖ר Niphal impv 2ms Then the Spirit entered into me, and set me on my feet; and he spoke with me, and said to me, Go, shut yourself within your house.
- Ezekiel 44:1 סָגֽוּר Qal ptcp.pass ms Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looks toward the east; and it was shut.
- Ezekiel 44:2 סָג֨וּר סָגֽוּר Qal ptcp.pass ms Qal ptcp.pass ms Yahweh said to me, This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, neither shall any man enter in by it; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has entered in by it; therefore it shall be shut.
- Ezekiel 46:1 סָג֔וּר Qal ptcp.pass ms Thus says the Lord Yahweh: The gate of the inner court that looks toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the Sabbath day it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened.
- Ezekiel 46:2 יִסָּגֵ֖ר Niphal impf 3ms The prince shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate outside, and shall stand by the post of the gate; and the priests shall prepare his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
- Ezekiel 46:12 וְ/סָגַ֥ר conj + Qal wpf 3ms When the prince shall prepare a freewill-offering, a burnt offering or peace-offerings as a freewill-offering to Yahweh, one shall open for him the gate that looks toward the east; and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace-offerings, as he does on the Sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.
Amos 3 verses
- Amos 1:6 לְ/הַסְגִּ֥יר prep + Hiphil inf.cs Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Gaza, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they carried away captive the whole community, To deliver them up to Edom;
- Amos 1:9 הַסְגִּירָ֞/ם Hiphil inf.cs + sfx pers 3mp Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they delivered up the whole community to Edom, And didn't remember the brotherly covenant;
- Amos 6:8 וְ/הִסְגַּרְתִּ֖י conj + Hiphil wpf 1cs "The Lord Yahweh has sworn by himself," says Yahweh, the God of hosts: "I abhor the pride of Jacob, And detest his fortresses. Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.
Obadiah 1 verse
Malachi 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
The Hebrew verb סגר centers on the idea of “to shut.” Older and newer Bibles part ways — “shut” in the King James Version, “and” (unfoldingWord Literal Text) in modern versions. See the renderings breakdown. It appears 87 verses across 23 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its moderately common vocabulary. Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 2:21. Read the stem: it spans 5 stems, including Qal and Niphal. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H5462 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 →
- 87
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 87 distinct verses.
- 23 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 23 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #455
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 455 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 87 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 87 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 47 verses · 54%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 20 verses · 23%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 20 verses · 23%
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).
- King James Version: Shut 11×, Pure 6×, Shall shut 6×
- American Standard Version: Shut 9×, Pure 5×, Shall shut 5×
- Berean Standard Bible: Shut 9×, Pure 6×, Be shut 4×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: And 7×, Shut 7×, Then 6×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H5462 across 93 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 49 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 H5462 across 94 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 59 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 H5462 across 90 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 56 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 1 further occurrence.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H5462 across 117 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 61 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
19 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Pual (the passive of Piel).
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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 19 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.
Qal
- Pf. 3 ms. ס׳ Gn 19:6 +, 3 pl. סָֽגְרוּ 2 Ch 29:7, סָֽגְר֑וּ ψ 17:10 (cf. Baer’s n., Ges§ 29 o Köii. 1, 535 Anm.), סָנָר֑וּ Gn 19:10 Jos 2:7; Impf. יִסְגֹּר Jb 12:14 Mal 1:10, 1 pl. cohort. נִסְגְּרָה Ne 6:10, etc.; Imv. ms. סְגֹר ψ 35:3 Is 26:20 (וּסֲגֹר Baer Ginsb), mpl. סִגְרוּ 2 K 6:32; Inf. cstr. לִסְגּוֹר Jos 2:5; Pt. act. סֹגֵר Is 22:22; f. סֹגֶּרֶת Jos 6:1 (but v. infr.); pass. סָגוּר 1 K 6:20 + 12 times;— e.g. Genesis 19:6
- 1. shut door (דֶּלֶת) Gn 19:10 (J) 2 K 6:32 Mal 1:10 Ne 6:10 2 Ch 28:24; 29:7; gate (שַׁעַר) Jos 2:7 (JE) Ez 46:12, cf. 44:1, 2(×2); 46:1, וַיְהִי הַשּׁ׳ לִסְגֹּר Jos 2:5 (JE), also (שַׁעַר om.) Jos 6:1 (si vera l.; סֹגֶרֶת dittogr. according to Buhl Lex 13); door after one (אַחֲרֵי), on leaving room Gn 19:6 (J); upon, behind, oneself, from within (בְּעַד q.v.) 2 K 4:4, 5, 33 Is 26:20 (fig.), also (דֶּלֶת om.) Ju 9:51 2 K 4:21; c. דֶּלֶת + בְּעַד upon one left inside Ju 3:23, and (דֶּלֶת om.) Gn 7:16 (J); fig. ס׳ דַּלְתֵי בִטְנִי Jb 3:10, cf. ס׳ רַחְמָהּ 1 S 1:5, ס׳ בְּעַד רַחְמָהּ v 6 abs. shut (opp. פָּתַח) Is 22:22(×2); metaph. חֶלְבָּמוֹ ס׳ ψ 17:10 their fat (i.e. gross, unreceptive heart) they have closed. e.g. Genesis 19:10
- 2.
- a. close in upon (בְּעַד) Ju 3:22 (fat upon blade of sword), so poss. also וַיִּסְגֹּר בָּשָׂר תַּחְתֶּנָּה Gn 2:21 (J) and flesh closed in, in place of it (usually and he closed flesh, i.e. closed the gap with flesh); ס׳ עֲלֵיהֶם הַמִּדְבָּר Ex 14:3 the wilderness hath closed in upon them; obj. om., יִסְגֹּר עַל־אִישׁ Jb 12:14 he closeth in upon a man, fig. of imprisonment. e.g. Judges 3:22
- b. close up breach (פֶּרֶץ) [in wall] of city 1 K 11:27; poss. close up [path] (si vera l.) ψ 35:3 Vrss Ol De Bae; JDMich DeW Ew Hup-Now Che take סְגֹר here as weapon, usually 4 [Gk. σάγαρις] of Massagetae Herod. i. 215 cf. LagGes Abh. 203, also Egyptian sagartá (loan-word) Bondi 55; both improb., text prob. corrupt; SchwallyZAW xi (1891), 258 reads חֲגֹר > HalRev. Sém. iii (1894), 47 עוּרָה (cf. ψ 59:5). e.g. 1 Kings 11:27
- 3. Pt. pass., closed up = closely joined with tight seal, Jb 41:7 (of scales of crocodile). e.g. Job 41:7
- 4. elsewhere only Pt. pass. in זָהָב סָגוּר, only of temple adornment and utensils 1 K 6:20, 21; 7:49, 50; 10:21 = 2 Ch 9:20; 4:20, 22; perhaps read סָגוּר (abbrev. for ז׳ ס׳) Jb 28:15 (for MT סְגוֹר, so Hoffm Bu Du); cf. Assyrian ḫurâṣu sakru, sagiru, DlHWB 499. e.g. 1 Kings 6:20
Niphal
- Pf. 3 ms. נִסְגַּר 1 S 23:7; Impf; 3 ms. יִסָּגֵר Ez 46:2; 3 fs. juss. תִּסָּגֵר Nu 12:14, וַתִּסָּגֵר v 15; 3 mpl. יִסָּנֵר֑וּ Is 45:1; 60:11, וַיִּסָּֽגְרוּ Ne 13:19; Imv. ms. הִסָּגֵר Ez 3:24;— e.g. 1 Samuel 23:7
- 1. subj. pers. be shut up [in city] 1 S 23:7, מִחוּץ לַמַּחֲנֶה Nu 12:14, 15 (E); בְּתוֹךְ בַּיִת Ez 3:24. e.g. 1 Samuel 23:7
- 2. be shut, closed, of city gates Ez 46:2 Is 45:1; 60:11 and (דלתות) Ne 13:19. e.g. Ezekiel 46:2
Piel
- Pf. 3 ms. סִגַּר 1 S 26:8 2 S 18:28; sf. סִגְּרַנִי 1 S 24:19; Impf. 3 ms. sf. יְסַגֶּרְךָ 1 S 17:46;—deliver up to (leave no other opening for one, shut one up to), cf. [מָגַן], מִגֵּן, p. 171 b supr.), only S: c. acc. pers. + בְּיַד 1 S 17:46; 24:19; 26:8; בְּיַד om. 2 S 18:28 (v. also Hiph.). e.g. 1 Samuel 26:8
Pual
- Pf. 3 ms. סֻגַּר Is 24:10; 3 pl. סֻגְּרוּ Je 13:19, וְסֻגְּרוּ consec. Is 24:22; Pt. f. מְסֻגֶּ֫רֶת Jos 6:1;—be shut up: e.g. Isaiah 24:10
- 1. of cities Je 13:19 (opp. פָּתַח), of beleaguered city Jos 6:1 (JE), of houses Is 24:10 (+ מִבּוֹא). e.g. Jeremiah 13:19
- 2. of prisoners עַל־מַסְגֵּר Is 24:22 = down into a dungeon. e.g. Isaiah 24:22
- 3. of doors Ec. 12:4. e.g. Ecclesiastes 12:4
Hiphil
- Pf. 3 ms. הִסְגִּיר Lv 14:46 +; 2 ms. sf. הִסְגַּרְתַּ֫נִי ψ 31:9; 1 s. וְהִסְגַּרְתִּ֫י Am 6:8, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יַסְגִּיר Jb 11:10, וַיַּסְגֵּר ψ 78:48, 62; 2 ms. תַּסְגִּר Dt 23:16, juss. תַּסְגֵּר Ob 14, etc.; Inf. cstr. הַסְגִּיר Am 1:6, sf. הַסְגִּירוֹ 1 S 23:20, הַסְגִּירָם Am 1:9;— e.g. Leviticus 14:46
- 1. deliver up to (cf. Pi., c. acc. obj. + בְּיַד 1 S 23:11, 12, 20; 30:15 Jos 20:5 (D) ψ 31:9 La 2:7; + לְ Am 1:9 ψ 78:50, 62, and (acc. pers. om.) Am 1:6; + אֶל־ Dt 23:16 Jb 16:11; c. acc. of animal + לְ ψ 78:48; c. acc. pers. alone Dt 32:30 Ob 14, acc. om. 1 S 23:12; c. acc. urb. alone Am 6:8. e.g. 1 Samuel 23:11
- 2. shut up (late; chiefly Lv 13, 14, P):
- a. c. acc. pers. Lv 13:5, 11, 21, 26 cf. v 4, 31, 33, so (abs.) = imprison Jb 11:10; c. acc. rei Lv 13:54 cf. v 50. e.g. Leviticus 13:5
- b. c. acc. הַבַּיִת Lv 14:38 and (indef. subj. v 46. e.g. Leviticus 14:38
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
vb. shut, close (NH id., Aramaic סְגַר, ܣܓܰܪ id.; Zinj. מסגרת prison Lzb328; Ph. סגר Pi. or Hiph. deliver over; poss. Ethiopic ሠገራት (prison) guard PräBAS i. 371);—
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Origin: a primitive root
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.
סָגַר
- (b. h.) to bar, bolt; to lock up, close. Snh. 38ᵃ (ref. to מסגר, II Kings XXIV, 16) כיון שסוֹגְרִין הלכה וכ׳ after they had closed the discussion about a law (declared it obscure), there was none to open again; Gitt. 88ᵃ; Sifré Deut. 321 אהר שפותח אין סוֹגֵר after he has opened (explained), none can close (raise objection). Tanḥ. Sh’mini 9 עבר על כל בתי … וס׳ אותם he passed over all synagogues and schools and closed them. Mekh. B’shall., s. 3 הים סוגר ושונא רודף וכ׳ the sea forming a bar, and the enemy pursuing &c.; Ex. R. s. 21 (not סגר). Mekh. Yithro, Amal., s. 1 מתחלה … שהיתה סוֹגֶרֶת ומְסוּגֶּרֶת וכ׳ formerly no slave could flee from Egypt, for it was shut up and barred (Josh. VI, 1); a. fr.—Cant. R. to III, 10 (expl. זהב סָגוּר) שהיה סוֹגר בעד כל וכ׳ it locked up the shops of all workers in gold (ruined their trade); Y. Yoma IV, 41ᵈ top מכסיף (corr. acc.); Num. R. s. 12 (not סגור); Ex. R. s. 35 שהיה סגור כל וכ׳ (corr. acc.). e.g. 2 Kings 24:16
- to be locked up. Yoma 45ᵃ כל החנויות נִסְגָּרוֹת all (gold) shops were closed (their business ruined, v. supra); a. e.
- to lock up; to bind over, hand over, deliver. Sifré Deut. 322 בקשו ישראל לברוח … היו מַסְגִּירִים אותם when the Israelites attempted to flee northward, they blocked their way. Ib. 323 (ref. to Deut. XXXII, 30) איני מַסְגִּיר אתכם ע"י עצמי וכ׳ I shall not deliver you (into the hands of the enemy) directly, but through others (who will betray you). Ib. מוכרני מיד ומַסְגִּירַנִי מיד I sell and immediately deliver you. Tanḥ. Sh’mini l. c. (ref. to המסגר, v. supra) שכל או"ה … שהן מַסְגִּירִין לכל האומות all nations go before them into enclosures and flee, for they cause all nations to lock themselves up; a. fr.—Esp. to lock up the leper pending the priest’s observation (Lev. XIII, 4, a. e.). Neg. V, 1; a. fr.—Part. pass. מוּסְגָּר a leper under trial, opp. מוחלט (v. חָלַט I). Meg. I, 7; a. fr. e.g. Deuteronomy 32:30
- to be closed, locked. Part. מְסוּגָּר, f. מְסוּגֶּרֶת, v. supra.
סְגַר
- Targ. Job XXXVIII, 8 Var. Ms. (ed. אגיף). Targ. Y. Deut. XXI, 5.—Part. pass. סְגִיר, סְגִירָא a) fenced in, barred. Targ. Cant. I, 9.—b) leprous, v. סְגִיר.
- same. Targ. Lev. XIII, 4. Ib. XIV, 38; a. fr.
- 1. to be locked up, closed. Targ. Y. Gen. VIII, 2 (h. text ויסכרו). Targ. O. Num. XII, 14; a. fr.—Trnsf. to be engrossed with; to be bewildered, v. אִסְתַּגַּר.
- 2. (v. סְגִיר) to become leprous. Targ. II Chr. XXVI, 22.
סֶגֶר
- (preced.) lock, bolt. Tanḥ. Ḥayé 3 ונעל הס׳ לפניה and he shut the lock before her [perh. סְגוֹר].
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Forms in the corpus
The 73 distinct written forms H5462 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’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; 13 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H5462, 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.
Derived from this word
- מסגר maçgêr H4525 enclosure
- מסגרת miçgereth H4526 border
- סגור çᵉgôwr H5458 fine gold
- סגר çᵉgar H5463 to shut
- סגריד çagrîyd H5464 steady rain
- סוגר çûwgar H5474 cage
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 7 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 80 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 87 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 2:21
- Exodus 14:3
- Leviticus 13:4
- Numbers 12:14
- Deuteronomy 23:15
- Joshua 2:5
- Judges 3:22
- 1 Samuel 1:5
- 2 Samuel 18:28
- 1 Kings 6:20
- 2 Kings 4:4
- 2 Chronicles 4:20
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.
