Sug סוּג

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Sug
סוּג
Transliterationsug
Strong's numberH5472
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto turn
Occurrences14 in 14 verses
Most frequent inPsalms (8)

Sug (Hebrew סוּג, Strong's H5472) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to turn”. It occurs 14 times in 14 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to move, go, turn back, move away, backslide
1a) (Qal) to backslide, prove recreant to
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to turn oneself away, turn back
1b2) to be turned or driven back, be repulsed
Also means: sug (שׂוּג "to turn back" H7734)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVturned (6), back (4), away (2), driven (1), backslider (1)
BSBbe repelled (2), be driven back (1), turned back (1), have turned away (1), they turned back (1), turn away (1), be turned (1), backslider (1), will be turned (1), turned (1), they deserted (1), they are retreating (1), and 1 other rendering

Verses

Every verse with Sug, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Zephaniah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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