סָבַב çâbab

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: bring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, [idiom] whirl, [idiom] round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, [idiom] circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, round), drive, environ, [idiom] on every side, beset (close, come, compass, go, stand) round about, inclose, remove, return, set, sit down, turn (self) (about, aside, away, back).

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• 1 Kings 8:14 And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all
• 1 Kings 18:37 Answer me, O LORD! Answer me, so that this people will know that You, the LORD, are God, and that You have turned their hearts back again.”
• 1 Kings 21:4 So Ahab went to his palace, sullen and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had told him, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and refused to eat.
• 2 Kings 3:9 So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set out, and after they had traveled a roundabout route for seven days, they had no water for their army or for their animals.
• 2 Kings 3:25 They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.
• 2 Kings 6:15 When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, behold, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”
• 2 Kings 8:21 So Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night. His troops, however, fled to their homes.
• 2 Kings 9:18 So a horseman rode off to meet Jehu and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.” And the watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but he is not coming back.”
• 2 Kings 9:19 So the king sent out a second horseman, who went to them and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.”
• 2 Kings 16:18 And on account of the king of Assyria, he removed the Sabbath canopy they had built in the temple and closed the royal entryway outside the house of the LORD.
• 2 Kings 20:2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying,
• 2 Kings 23:34 Then Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt, where he died.
• 2 Kings 24:17 Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.
• 1 Chronicles 10:14 and he failed to inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.
• 1 Chronicles 12:23 Now these are the numbers of men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, in accordance with the word of the LORD:
• 1 Chronicles 13:3 Then let us bring back the ark of our God, for we did not inquire of Him in the days of Saul.”
• 1 Chronicles 14:14 So David again inquired of God, who answered him, “Do not march up after them, but circle around them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.
• 1 Chronicles 16:43 Then all the people departed for their homes, and David returned home to bless his household.
• 2 Chronicles 4:2 He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.
• 2 Chronicles 4:3 Below the rim, figures of oxen encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.
• 2 Chronicles 6:3 And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all
• 2 Chronicles 13:13 Now Jeroboam had sent troops around to ambush from the rear, so that while he was in front of Judah, the ambush was behind them.
• 2 Chronicles 14:7 So he said to the people of Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, with doors and bars. The land is still ours because we have sought the LORD our God. We have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.
• 2 Chronicles 17:9 They taught throughout Judah, taking with them the Book of the Law of the LORD. They went throughout the towns of Judah and taught the people.
• 2 Chronicles 18:31 When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “This is the king of Israel!” So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him. God drew them away from him.
• 2 Chronicles 21:9 So Jehoram crossed into Edom with his officers and all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night.
• 2 Chronicles 23:2 So they went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah and the heads of the families of Israel. And when they came to Jerusalem,
• 2 Chronicles 29:6 For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs on Him.
• 2 Chronicles 33:14 After this, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and he brought it around the hill of Ophel and heightened it considerably. He also stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.
• 2 Chronicles 35:22 Josiah, however, did not turn away from him; instead, in order to engage him in battle, he disguised himself. He did not listen to Neco’s words from the mouth of God, but went to fight him on the Plain of Megiddo.
• 2 Chronicles 36:4 Then Neco king of Egypt made Eliakim brother of Jehoahaz king over Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Eliakim’s brother Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt.
• Ezra 6:22 For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.
• Job 16:13 His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.
• Job 40:22 The lotus plants conceal him in their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.
• Psalms 7:7 Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.
• Psalms 17:11 They have tracked us down, and now surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground,
• Psalms 18:5 The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
• Psalms 22:12 Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
• Psalms 22:16 For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
• Psalms 26:6 I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,
• Psalms 32:7 You are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah
• Psalms 32:10 Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.
• Psalms 48:12 March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,
• Psalms 49:5 Why should I fear in times of trouble, when wicked usurpers surround me?
• Psalms 55:10 Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.
• Psalms 59:6 They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
• Psalms 59:14 They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
• Psalms 71:21 You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.
• Psalms 88:17 All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.
• Psalms 109:3 They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
• Psalms 114:3 The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;
• Psalms 114:5 Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,
• Psalms 118:10 All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
• Psalms 118:11 They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
• Psalms 118:12 They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
• Proverbs 26:14 As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.
• Ecclesiastes 1:6 The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.
• Ecclesiastes 2:20 So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.
• Ecclesiastes 7:25 I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.
• Ecclesiastes 9:14 There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.