Hebrew word

çâbab

saw-bab'

סָבַב

What it means

to revolve, surround, or border

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

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

about54
turned23
compassed18
compass16
turn10
compasseth4
away4
round2

Every place it appears 157

Genesis2:11 2:13 19:4 37:7 42:24

Exodus13:18

Numbers21:4 34:4 34:5 36:7 36:9

Deuteronomy2:1 2:3 32:10

Joshua6:3 6:4 6:7 6:11 6:14 6:15 7:9 15:3 15:10 16:6 18:14 19:14

Judges11:18 18:23 19:22 20:5

1 Samuel5:8 5:9 5:10 7:16 15:12 15:27 16:11 17:30 18:11 22:17 22:18 22:22

2 Samuel3:12 5:23 14:20 14:24 18:15 18:30 20:12 22:6

1 Kings2:15 5:3 7:15 7:23 7:24 8:14 18:37 21:4

2 Kings3:9 3:25 6:15 8:21 9:18 9:19 16:18 20:2 23:34 24:17

1 Chronicles10:14 12:23 13:3 14:14 16:43

2 Chronicles4:2 4:3 6:3 13:13 14:7 17:9 18:31 21:9 23:2 29:6 33:14 35:22 36:4

Ezra6:22

Job16:13

Psalms7:7 17:11 18:5 22:12 22:16 26:6 32:7 48:12 55:10 59:6 59:14 88:17 109:3 114:3 114:5 118:10 118:11 118:12

Proverbs26:14

Ecclesiastes1:6 2:20 7:25 9:14 12:5

Song of Solomon2:17 3:2 3:3 5:7 6:5

Isaiah23:16 28:27 38:2

Jeremiah6:12 21:4 31:22 31:39 41:14 52:21

Ezekiel1:9 1:12 1:17 7:22 10:11 10:16 26:2 41:7 42:19 47:2

Hosea7:2 11:12

Jonah2:3 2:5

Habakkuk2:16

Zechariah14:10