Sagav שָׂגַב

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Sagav
שָׂגַב
Transliterationsagav
Strong's numberH7682
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto exalt
Occurrences20 in 20 verses
Most frequent inPsalms (7)

Sagav (Hebrew שָׂגַב, Strong's H7682) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to exalt”. It occurs 20 times in 20 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to be high, be inaccessibly high
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be (too) high (for capture)
1a2) to be high (of prosperity)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be high
1b2) to be set on high, be (safely) set on high
1b3) to be exalted (of God)
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to set on high, set (securely) on high
1c2) to exalt, exalt (in effective hostility)
1d) (Pual) to be set (securely) on high
1e) (Hiphil) to act exaltedly

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

Translated as

KJVhigh (6), exalted (5), defend (2), safe (2), strong (1), exalteth (1), excellent (1), up (1), lofty (1)
BSBis exalted (4), protect me (2), will be exalted (2), too high (1), are lifted (1), protect you (1), i will protect him (1), he lifts (1), too lofty (1), are safe (1), it is like a high (1), is set securely on high (1), and 3 other renderings

Verses

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

Deuteronomy

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

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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