To act treacherously
בָּגַדStrong’s H0898bagad (ba-gad)
Appears in 39 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Bagad is the Hebrew word usually translated “treacherous”, “have dealt treacherously” and “act treacherously”. It appears in 39 verses of the Old Testament.
“If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.”
Meaning
- To act treacherously, deceitfully, deal treacherously(Qal) to act or deal treacherously, faithlessly, deceitfully, offend
How it's translated
- treacherous 8
- they have dealt treacherously 4
- act treacherously 3
- acts treacherously 3
- act treacherously of 2
- and treacherous 2
- they act treacherously 2
- certainly 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 9
- Jeremiah 7
- Psalms 5
- Malachi 5
- Isaiah 4
- Hosea 2
12 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Judges 9:23Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:
- 1 Samuel 14:33Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day.
- Job 6:15My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
- Psalms 25:3Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
- Psalms 59:5Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
- Psalms 73:15If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
Hebrew dictionary
בָּגַד bagad · to act treacherously
1) to act treacherously, deceitfully, deal treacherously 1a) (Qal) to act or deal treacherously, faithlessly, deceitfully, offend
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “certainly” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CERTAINLY, adverb
- Without doubt or question; in truth and fact.“CERTAINLY this was a righteous man” Luke 23:47
- Without failure.“He said, I will certainly return to thee” Genesis 18:10
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.