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סָבַב (çâbab) v (saw-bab')
Source: a primitive root;
Meaning: to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
KJV: bring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, × whirl, × round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, × circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, round), drive, environ, × on every side, beset (close, come, compass, go, stand) round about, inclose, remove, return, set, sit down, turn (self) (about, aside, away, back).

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

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סָבַב vb. turn about, go around, surround

• Qal

  • 1 turn, intrans.
  • 2
    • a march, or walk, around
    • b go partly round, circle, skirt
    • c make a round, or circuit, go about to
    • d surround, encompass

• Niph.

  • 1
    • a turn oneself against, close round upon
    • b turn round (from a direct course)
    • c esp. of boundary: turn round from, toward
  • 2 pass. be turned over to, into the power of

• Pi. to change, transform, the aspect of the matter

• Po‛.

  • 1 encompass (with protection)
  • 2 come about, assemble round
  • 3 march or go about
  • 4 enclose, envelop

• Hiph.

  • 1
    • a turn (trans.), cause to turn
    • b bring over (i.e. to allegiance)
    • c turn into, of changing name
    • d = bring round, of changing name
  • 2
    • a cause to go around
    • b surround with (acc.) wall
    • c perh. also encompass (as foe)

• Hoph.

  • 1 be turned, of cart wheel
  • 2 surrounded, i.e. set, of jewels

Displaying only every 10^th verse out of 148:

JER 52:21

OET-LV: 21 And_the_pillars was_eight- teen cubit[s] the_height_of of_the_pillar the_one and_a_line_of two_plus ten cubit[s] it_goes_round_it and_thickness_of_its was_four fingers hollow. (JER_52:21)

OET-RV: 21 (Each pillar was eight metres high with a circumference of nearly six metres. Each pillar was hollow with a 8cm thick wall (JER 52:21)

GEN 2:13

OET-LV: 13 And_name_of the_river the_second is_Giyḩōn it the_(one)_going_around DOM all_of the_land_of Kūsh/(Cush). (GEN_2:13)

OET-RV: 13 The second river was named Gihon, and it winds through the entire region of Cush. (GEN 2:13)

CH1 16:43

OET-LV: 43 And_ all_of _they_went the_people everyone to_house_of_his and_ Dāvid _he_turned to_bless DOM house_of_his. (CH1_16:43)

OET-RV: 43 Then all the people left and went home, and David also returned home to bless his household. (CH1 16:43)

PSA 118:10

OET-LV: 10 All_of nations they_surrounded_me in/on_name_of YHWH if/because I_fended_them_off. (PSA_118:10)

OET-RV: 10 All the nations surrounded me in battle.
 ⇔  In Yahweh’s name I destroyed them. (PSA 118:10)

PSA 118:11

OET-LV: 11 They_surrounded_me also they_surrounded_me in/on_name_of YHWH if/because I_fended_them_off. (PSA_118:11)

OET-RV: 11 They surrounded me—yes, they surrounded me—
 ⇔  but in Yahweh’s name I destroyed them. (PSA 118:11)

SNG 5:7

OET-LV: 7 They_found_me the_watchmen who_go_around in_city they_struck_me they_wounded_me they_lifted DOM shawl_of_my from_on_me the_watchmen_of the_walls. (SNG_5:7)

OET-RV: 7 The guards going about in the city found me.
 ⇔  They beat me and wounded me.
 ⇔  The guards of the walls took my shawl off me. (SNG 5:7)

JNA 2:6

OET-LV: 6  they_have_encompassed_me waters to the_neck the_deep it_surrounds_me rush[es] is_wrapped_round to_head_of_my. (JNA_2:6)

OET-RV: 6 I was up to my neck in the waters; it was deep all around me. There were reeds wrapped around my head. (JNA 2:6)

JOS 6:14

OET-LV: 14 And_they_went_around DOM the_city in_the_day the_second a_time_of one and_they_returned the_camp thus they_did six_of days. (JOS_6:14)

OET-RV: 14 They went once around the city on that second day and then returned to their camp again—doing that for six days. (JOS 6:14)

JOS 6:4

OET-LV: 4 And_seven priests they_will_carry seven (the)_trumpets_of (the)_rams’_horns to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the_box and_on_day the_seventh you(pl)_will_go_round DOM the_city seven times and_the_priests they_will_give_a_blast on_trumpets. (JOS_6:4)

OET-RV: 4 with seven priests blowing ram’s horns going ahead of the sacred box. On the seventh day, you all must go around the city seven times while the priests are blowing the horns. (JOS 6:4)

EZE 47:2

OET-LV: 2 And_he_brought_me_out the_way_of the_gate northward_to and_he_brought_me_round the_way_of the_outside to the_gate_of the_outside the_way which_faces east and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE waters were_trickling from the_side (the)_south. (EZE_47:2)

OET-RV: 2 So he took me out through the northern gate and led me around the outside to the eastern gate, and look, the water was flowing from this gate on its south side. (EZE 47:2)

NUM 32:38

OET-LV: 38 And_DOM Nəⱱō and_DOM Baˊal Məˊōn changed_of name and_DOM Səⱱām and_they_called by_names DOM the_names_of the_cities which they_had_built. (NUM_32:38)

OET-RV: 38 Nevo, Baal-Meon, and Sibmah, but they renamed some of the cities. (NUM 32:38)

EXO 13:18

OET-LV: 18 And_ god _he_caused_to_go_around DOM the_people the_way_of the_wilderness the_sea_of reed[s] and_arrayed_for_battle the_people_of they_went_up of_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) from_the_land_of Miʦrayim. (EXO_13:18)

OET-RV: 18 So God caused the people to take the path going towards the wilderness and the Red Sea. The Israeli left Egypt in formation as if ready for battle. (EXO 13:18)

SA2 5:23

OET-LV: 23 And_ Dāvid _he_enquired by_YHWH and_he/it_said not you_must_go_up go_around to behind_them and_you_will_come to/for_them from_in_front_of the_balsam_trees. (SA2_5:23)

OET-RV: 23 Again David inquired from Yahweh who replied, “No, don’t go straight in. Move around behind them and then attack them from opposite the trees. (SA2 5:23)

SA1 18:11

OET-LV: 11 And_ Shāʼūl _he_hurled DOM the_spear and_he/it_said I_will_strike (on)_Dāvid and_(on)_wall and_ Dāvid _he_went_around from_before_of_him two_times. (SA1_18:11)

OET-RV: 11 and he suddenly hurled it, saying, “I’ll pin that David to the wall.” But twice when he did that, David managed to elude him. (SA1 18:11)

PSA 48:13

OET-LV: 13  go_around Tsiyyōn/(Zion) and_go_round_it count towers_of_its. (PSA_48:13)

OET-RV: 13 Take good notice of her walls,
 ⇔  ≈ and look at her palaces
 ⇔  → so that you can tell it to the next generation, (PSA 48:13)

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