בָּגַד bagad

Hebrew word for “to act treacherously” · Strong’s H898 · used 49 times in 39 verses

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Meaning

1) to act treacherously, deceitfully, deal treacherously; 1a) (Qal) to act or deal treacherously, faithlessly, deceitfully, offend

How it is translated

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

• treacherous people 8
• those who act treacherously 6
• have dealt treacherously 6
• one who acts treacherously 3
• dealt treacherously 2
• have acted treacherously 2
• traitor 2
• act treacherously 2
• certainly 2
• treacherous 2
• because has dealt treacherously he 1
• dealt treacherously with 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Malachi 2 (5), Jeremiah 3 (3), Proverbs 11 (2), Proverbs 13 (2), Jeremiah 12 (2), Exodus 21 (1), Judges 9 (1), 1 Samuel 14 (1), Job 6 (1), Psalms 25 (1)

Forms

• בגדו 9
• בגדים 6
• בוגד 4
• בוגדים 3
• בגדה 3
• ויבגדו 2
• בגדתם 2
• בגדי 2
• ובוגדים 2
• בגוד 2

Words used with it

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

• צַדִּיק tsaddiq “righteous” 4
• שָׁדַד shadad “to ruin” 3
• רָשָׁע rasah “wicked” 4
• נִי ni “me” 5
• יָשָׁר yashar “upright” 3
• מְשׁוּבָה meshuvah “faithlessness” 2
• גַּם gam “also” 4
• יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 4
• נָאַף naaph “to commit adultery” 2
• בְּרִית berit “covenant” 3
• רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 3
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 4

Key verses

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

• Psalms 25:3 — Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
• Isaiah 21:2 — A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing…
• Isaiah 24:16 — From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous…
• Isaiah 33:1 — Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil,…
• Isaiah 48:8 — Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and…
• Jeremiah 12:1 — Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all…
• Lamentations 1:2 — She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort all her friends have dealt treacherously with…
• Habakkuk 1:13 — Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue…
• Habakkuk 2:5 — Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be…
• Malachi 2:10 — Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
• Malachi 2:14 — Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy…
• Malachi 2:15 — And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let…

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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.