סָבִיב saviv

Hebrew word for “around” · Strong’s H5439 · used 335 times in 282 verses

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Meaning

: around/border; subst;

Senses in the lexicon

• around (285)
• around: side (41)
• around: whole (6)
• around: neighours (3)

How it is translated

Glosses given for saviv in context, with how often each is used:

• all around 181
• around 96
• round about 46
• those around 5
• surroundings 3
• circuits 1
• circuit 1
• around about 1
• will be from round about 1

Where it is used

Also in 16 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 40 (10), Ezekiel 41 (10), 1 Kings 7 (7), Ezekiel 5 (7), Jeremiah 52 (5), Ezekiel 32 (5), Exodus 37 (4), 2 Kings 25 (4), Jeremiah 50 (4), Ezekiel 1 (4)

Forms

• סביב 207
• מסביב 41
• סביבות 16
• סביבתיו 6
• סביביו 6
• סביבתיה 5
• סביבותיכם 5
• סביבותיך 5
• סביבתיהם 4
• סביבת 4

Words used with it

Words that share verses with saviv more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אַמָּה ammah “cubit” 25
• מִזְבֵּחַ mizbeach “altar” 24
• חָצֵר chatser “court” 19
• עִיר ir “city” 28
• רֹחַב rochav “width” 16
• גּוֹי goy “nation” 22
• זָרַק zaraq “to scatter” 12
• דָּם dam “blood” 18
• יְרוּשָׁלִַם yerushalaim “Jerusalem” 21
• חוֹמָה chomah “wall” 14
• חָמֵשׁ chamesh “five” 16
• שָׁחַט shachat “to slaughter” 12

Key verses

The verses using saviv that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Judges 2:14 — And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their…
• Job 1:10 — Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his…
• Psalms 50:3 — Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
• Psalms 89:7 — God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
• Psalms 97:2 — Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
• Jeremiah 20:10 — For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he…
• Jeremiah 25:9 — Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against…
• Jeremiah 50:15 — Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take…
• Ezekiel 5:12 — A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round…
• Ezekiel 28:26 — And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon…
• Ezekiel 37:21 — And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on…
• Daniel 9:16 — O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.