To go astray
שָׁגַגStrong’s H7683shagag (sha-gag)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shagag is the Hebrew word usually translated “has gone astray”, “who has gone astray” and “goes astray”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him.”
Meaning
- To go astray, err, commit sin or error(Qal)
How it's translated
- he has gone astray 1
- who has gone astray 1
- goes astray 1
- going astray 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 1
- Numbers 1
- Job 1
- Psalms 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 15:28And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.
- Job 12:16With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
- Psalms 119:67Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
Hebrew dictionary
שָׁגַג shagag · to go astray
1) to go astray, err, commit sin or error 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to err (mentally) 1a2) to sin (ignorantly or inadvertently)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.