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To intertwine

שָׂרַגStrong’s H8276

sarag (sa-rag)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Sarag is the Hebrew word usually translated “are intertwined” and “are woven together”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.”
Job 40:17 KJV
Meaning
  1. To be intertwined(Pual) to be intertwined · (Hithpael) to intertwine oneself
How it's translated
  • they are intertwined 1
  • they are woven together 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Job 1
  • Lamentations 1

2 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary

שָׂרַג sarag · to intertwine

1) to be intertwined 1a) (Pual) to be intertwined 1b) (Hithpael) to intertwine oneself

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

INTERTWI'NE, verb transitive

[inter and twine.]

To unite by twining or twisting one with another.

    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.