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To fence

סוּגStrong’s H5473

sug

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Sug is the Hebrew word usually translated “fenced around”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.”
Song of Solomon 7:2 KJV
Meaning
  1. To fence about(Qal)
How it's translated
  • fenced around 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Song of Solomon 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    סוּג sug · to fence

    1) to fence about 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to fence about 1a2) fenced about (participle)

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “fence” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    FENCE, noun

    fens. [See Fend.]

    1. A wall, hedge, ditch, bank, or line of posts and rails, or of boards or pickets, intended to confine beasts from straying, and to guard a field from being entered by cattle, or from other encroachment.
    2. A guard; any thing to restrain entrance; that which defends from attack, approach or injury; security; defense.
    3. Fencing, or the art of fencing; defense.
    4. Skill in fencing or defense.
    All definitions and other forms of “fence”

      FENCE, verb transitive

      fens.

      1. To inclose with a hedge, wall, or any thing that prevents the escape or entrance of cattle; to secure by an inclosure.“He hath fenced my way that I cannot pass” Job 19:8
      2. To guard; to fortify.

      FENCE, verb intransitive

      1. To practice the art of fencing; to use a sword or foil, for the purpose of learning the art of attack and defense.
      2. To fight and defend by giving and avoiding blows or thrusts.
      3. To raise a fence; to guard.

      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.