To interweave
סָבַךְStrong’s H5440savakh (sa-vakh)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Savakh is the Hebrew word usually translated “are interwoven” and “interwoven”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.”
Meaning
- To interweave(Qal) · (Pual) to be interwoven
How it's translated
- they are interwoven 1
- interwoven 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 1
- Nahum 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
סָבַךְ savakh · to interweave
1) to interweave 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to interweave 1a2) interwoven (participle) 1b) (Pual) to be interwoven
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “interweave” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
INTERWE'AVE, verb transitive
preterit tense interwove; participle passive interwoven. [inter and weave.]
- To weave together; to intermix or unite in texture or construction; as threads of silk and cotton interwoven.
- To intermix; to set among or together; as a covert of interwoven trees.
- To intermingle; to insert together; as, to interweave truth with falsehood.
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.