שָׁגָה shagah
Hebrew word for “to wander” · Strong’s H7686 · used 21 times in 19 verses
Meaning
1) to go astray, stray, err;
How it is translated
Glosses given for shagah in context, with how often each is used:
- one who leads astray 3
- reeled 3
- will go astray 2
- will err 1
- have gone astray 1
- have i erred 1
- have erred 1
- allow to stray 1
- who go astray 1
- those who go astray 1
- may you be intoxicated 1
- will you go astray 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proverbs | 6 | 0.9 | |
| Job | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Psalms | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Isaiah | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Ezekiel | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Leviticus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Psalms 119 (3), Proverbs 5 (3), Leviticus 4 (1), Numbers 15 (1), Deuteronomy 27 (1), 1 Samuel 26 (1), Job 6 (1), Job 12 (1), Job 19 (1), Proverbs 19 (1)
Forms
- שׁגו 3
- ישׁגו 2
- משׁגה 2
- שׁגיתי 2
- תשׁגה 2
- שׁגה 2
- תשׁגו 1
- ואשׁגה 1
- ומשׁגה 1
- תשׁגני 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with shagah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מִצְוָה mitsvah “commandment” 4
- שֵׁכָר shekhar “strong drink” 2
- מוּסָר musar “discipline” 2
- אָרַר arar “to curse” 2
- יַיִן yayin “wine” 2
- דָּרַשׁ darash “to seek” 2
- דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 2
- מָה mah “what?” 2
- אַיִן ayin “nothing” 2
- אֵלֶּה elleh “these” 2
- עַיִן ayin “eye” 2
Key verses
The verses using shagah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Leviticus 4:13 — And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of…
- 1 Samuel 26:21 — Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have…
- Job 6:24 — Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
- Job 12:16 — With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
- Psalms 119:10 — With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
- Psalms 119:21 — Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
- Psalms 119:118 — Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
- Proverbs 19:27 — Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
- Proverbs 20:1 — Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
- Proverbs 28:10 — Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
- Isaiah 28:7 — But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are…
- Ezekiel 34:6 — My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek…
See all 19 verses in the Word Atlas
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.