Around
סָבִיבStrong’s H5439saviv (sa-viv)
Appears in 283 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Saviv is the Hebrew word usually translated “all around”, “from round about” and “around”. It appears in 283 verses of the Old Testament.
“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 our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.”
Meaning
- Places round about, circuit, round about
- In a circuit, a circuit, round about
- In the circuit, from every side
How it's translated
- all around 180
- from round about 40
- around 39
- around it 15
- around you 14
- around him 9
- round about 7
- around them 7
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 74
- Jeremiah 27
- Exodus 25
- Numbers 18
- Psalms 18
- Leviticus 15
28 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 2:5In contextFor I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
- Zechariah 7:7In contextShould ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?
- Zechariah 12:2In contextBehold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
- Zechariah 12:6In contextIn that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.
- Zechariah 14:14In contextAnd Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.
- Genesis 23:17And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure
All 283 verses, by book
- Exodus 25
- 7:2416:1319:1225:1125:2425:2527:1728:3228:3328:3429:1629:2030:337:237:1137:1237:2638:1638:2038:3139:2339:2539:2640:840:33
- Ezra 1
- 1:6
- Ecclesiastes 1
- 1:6
- Song of Solomon 1
- 3:7
- Jeremiah 27
- 1:154:176:36:2512:917:2620:1021:1425:932:4433:1346:546:1448:1748:3949:549:2950:1450:1550:2950:3251:252:452:752:1452:2252:23
- Ezekiel 74
- 1:41:181:271:284:25:25:55:65:75:125:145:156:56:138:1010:1211:1212:1416:3316:3716:5719:823:2223:2427:1128:2328:2428:2631:432:2232:2332:2432:2532:2634:2636:336:436:736:3637:237:2139:1740:540:1440:1640:1740:2540:2940:3040:3340:3640:4341:541:641:741:841:1041:1141:1241:1641:1741:1942:1542:1642:1742:2043:1243:1343:1743:2045:145:246:2348:35
- Daniel 1
- 9:16
- Amos 1
- 3:11
- Nahum 1
- 3:8
Hebrew dictionary
סָבִיב saviv · around
: around/border subst 1) places round about, circuit, round about adv 2) in a circuit, a circuit, round about prep 3) in the circuit, from every side
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “around” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
AROUND', adverb
- In a circle; on every side.
- In a looser sense, at random; without any fixed direction; as, to travel around from town to town. [See Round.]
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.