סָגַר sagar

Hebrew word for “to shut” · Strong’s H5462 · used 91 times in 87 verses

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Meaning

1) to shut, close; 1a) (Qal);

How it is translated

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

• shut 11
• will shut up 10
• closed 6
• pure gold 6
• will deliver up 5
• delivered up 5
• closed up 3
• will be shut up 3
• shut up 3
• deliver up 3
• has delivered up 3
• will be shut 3

Where it is used

Also in 11 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 13 (9), 1 Samuel 23 (4), 2 Kings 4 (4), Psalms 78 (3), Ezekiel 46 (3), Genesis 19 (2), Leviticus 14 (2), Numbers 12 (2), Joshua 2 (2), Judges 3 (2)

Forms

• סגור 13
• סגר 10
• ויסגר 9
• סגרו 6
• והסגיר 5
• והסגירו 4
• וסגר 4
• הסגיר 3
• ותסגר 3
• יסגרו 3

Words used with it

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

• דֶּלֶת delet “door” 19
• בַּעַד bead “about/through/for” 10
• פָּתַח patach “to open” 9
• שֶׁבַע sheva “seven” 11
• שַׁעַר shaar “gate” 10
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 11
• אַיִן ayin “nothing” 10
• זָהָב zahav “gold” 8
• עוֹר or “skin” 6
• אַחַר achar “after” 9
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 10
• נֶגַע nega “plague” 5

Key verses

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

• Deuteronomy 32:30 — How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
• 1 Samuel 17:46 — This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the…
• Job 12:14 — Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
• Psalms 17:10 — They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
• Psalms 31:8 — And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
• Isaiah 26:20 — Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
• Isaiah 45:1 — Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open…
• Lamentations 2:7 — The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise…
• Amos 1:6 — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole…
• Amos 1:9 — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole…
• Amos 6:8 — The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the…
• Malachi 1:10 — Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD…

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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.