Strong's Definition
or mucabbah {moo-sab-baw'}; feminine of 4141; a reversal, i.e. the backside (of a gem), fold (of a double-leaved door), transmutation (of a name)
KJV Usage: being changed, inclosed, be set, turning
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מוּסַבָּה (mu.sab.bah) — surrounded. 1) (Hophal) 1a) to be turned 1b) surrounded, set (participle)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מוּסָב · מֵסַב · נְסִבָּה · סִבָּה · סָבִיב · מְסִבָּה
Turn | verb qal, verb nif, verb hof
to turn, to swing = process by which a door is attached to a wall by means of a hinge, or a contraption with a similar function, which allows it to pivot
Turn | verb qal, verb nif, verb hif
to turn, to turn around = action by which humans, supernatural beings, forces of nature, or other objects face a direction different from the one they were facing before
GEN 42:24 · JDG 18:23 · 1SA 15:27 · 1SA 17:30 · 1SA 22:17 · 1SA 22:18 · 1SA 22:18 · 2SA 18:30 · 2SA 18:30 · 1KI 8:14 · 2KI 9:18 · 2KI 9:19 · 2CH 6:3 · 2CH 18:31 · PSA 114:3 · PSA 114:5 · ECC 1:6 · ECC 1:6 · ECC 1:6 · SNG 2:17 · JER 41:14 · EZK 1:9 · EZK 1:12 · EZK 1:17 · EZK 10:11 · EZK 10:11 · EZK 10:16 · EZK 42:19
Bear | verb qal
Collocation: סבב בְּנֶפֶשׁ
to be responsible for literally, possibly, to turn on (someone's) life; hence: = state in which someone is held responsible for the death of someone else
Change | verb pi, verb hif, verb hof
to change literally: to turn (a situation); hence: = causative action by which humans cause a certain condition or process to be different
Different | verb qal
to change literally: to turn; hence: = process by which an object becomes significantly different
Non-Engage | verb hif
Collocation: סבב פָּנִים
to turn (one's) face, to look away, to leave (someone) alone literally: to turn (one's) face (from someone); hence: = action by which humans or deities refrain from engaging in an activity involving another party
Move | verb qal
Collocation: סבב מִפָּנִים
to elude, to evade, to dodge literally: to turn away from (someone's) face; hence: = action by which humans quickly turn and move away from approaching danger
Move | verb qal
to return, to go back literally: to turn; hence: = action by which humans return to the place from which they came
Move | verb qal, verb hif, verb pi
to go around = action by which humans move in a full or partial circle
NUM 21:4 · DEU 2:1 · DEU 2:3 · JOS 6:3 · JOS 6:4 · JOS 6:7 · JOS 6:14 · JOS 6:15 · JOS 6:15 · JDG 11:18 · 2SA 5:23 · 1CH 14:14 · 2CH 33:14 · PSA 26:6 · PSA 48:13 · PSA 55:11
Move | verb hif
to lead around, to cause to go around = causative action by which humans or deities cause (other) humans to move in a full or partial circle
Move | verb qal, verb pi
to go about = action by which humans move through a certain place, though not always in a straight line but by changing directions occasionally
1SA 7:16 · 2KI 3:9 · 2CH 17:9 · 2CH 23:2 · PSA 59:7 · PSA 59:15 · ECC 12:5 · SNG 3:2 · SNG 3:3 · SNG 5:7 · ISA 23:16
Move | verb hof
to roll literally: to cause to turn; hence: = causative action by which humans cause a round object to move by turning it over and over on its axis
Control | verb hif
to bring over literally: to cause (a nation) to go around to (a king); hence: = causative action by which humans cause other humans to take on a position of leadership over a nation
Engage | verb qal
Collocation: כֹּוס סבב
to come round literally: a cup comes round; hence: = process by which humans undergo a certain event when their turn has come
Engage | verb hif
to turn over, to transfer literally: to cause to go around; hence: = causative action by which humans cause other humans to engage with a certain opportunity
Non-Engage | verb qal
to pass literally: to go around; hence: = process by which humans forfeit an opportunity in favor of someone else
Non-Possess | verb qal, verb nif
to pass over, to be transferred literally: to go around (from one party to another); hence: = process by which the right of possession of a certain piece of land moves from one party to another
Space | verb qal, verb nif
to wind literally: to go through; hence: = process by which a river or passageway takes a twisting or spiraling course from one place to another
Space | verb qal, verb pi
to surround literally: to go around; hence: = state in which objects are located all around a person or animal
2SA 22:6 · 1KI 7:24 · 2CH 4:3 · JOB 40:22 · PSA 18:6 · JON 2:4 · JON 2:6
Space | verb qal, verb nif, verb pi
to surround literally: to go around; hence: = action by which groups of humans or animals take position all around an individual, a group, or an object
GEN 19:4 · GEN 37:7 · JOS 7:9 · JDG 16:2 · JDG 19:22 · JDG 20:5 · 2SA 18:15 · 2KI 3:25 · 2KI 6:15 · 2KI 8:21 · 2CH 21:9 · JOB 16:13 · PSA 7:8 · PSA 17:11 · PSA 22:13 · PSA 22:17 · PSA 109:3 · PSA 118:10 · PSA 118:11 · PSA 118:11 · PSA 118:12 · ECC 9:14
Space | verb hif
to surround literally: to cause to surround; hence: = causative action by which humans cause a construction to be all around an object
Arrange | verb qal
to sit down around the table literally: to surround; hence: = action by which humans take their place around a table
Bear | verb qal
to surround > to be a constant witness literally: to surround; hence: = state in which humans remain constantly associated with and held responsible for past deeds
Cover | verb hof
enclosed, mounted literally: to be surrounded; hence: = state in which the bottom and the sides of an object are tightly fixed in a mold that keeps it in its place
Dimension | verb qal
to measure in circumference literally: (a measuring cord of a certain length) surrounds (something); hence: = state in which a round object has a certain measurable circumference
Engage | verb qal, verb pi
to be surrounded (with something), to happen in full measure literally: (an activity) surrounds (someone); hence: = process by which humans undergo a certain activity in full measure
Engage | verb qal, verb pi
to surround (someone with something), to cause (something) to happen in full measure literally: to surround (someone with an an activity); hence: = causative process by which humans or deities cause (other) humans to undergo a certain activity in full measure
Safe | verb pi
to surround > to shield, to protect literally: to surround; hence: = causative action by which humans or deities provide protection to (other) humans
Non-Space | verb qal
to be removed literally: to go around; hence: = process by which an object is removed from its place and brought somewhere else
Non-Space | verb hif
to be removed literally: to cause to go around; hence: = causative action by which humans cause an object to be removed from its place and brought somewhere else
1SA 5:8 · 1SA 5:9 · 1SA 5:10 · 2SA 20:12 · 2KI 16:18 · 1CH 13:3 · JER 21:4
Space | verb nif
to turn = state in which the boundary of an area changes direction and continues into a different direction
NUM 34:4 · NUM 34:5 · JOS 15:3 · JOS 15:10 · JOS 16:6 · JOS 18:14 · JOS 19:14 · JER 31:39
Stance | verb hif
Collocation: סבב עֵינִַים
to turn away (one's) eyes literally: to turn (one's) eyes; hence: = action by which humans look away from something they have been looking at before
Stance | verb hif
Collocation: סבב פָּנִים
to cause to turn around, to roll literally: to turn (one's) face; hence: = action by which humans turn their face in a certain direction
Think | verb qal
to turn, to change (one's) mind literally: to turn; hence: = action by which deities change their minds about humans
Think | verb qal
Collocation: סבב לֵב
to turn (one's) heart, to put (one's) mind (on something else) literally: to turn (one's) heart; hence: = action by which humans decide to focus their thinking on something else
Think | verb hif
Collocation: סבב לֵב אֲחֹרַנִּית
to turn (someone's) heart back, to win back (someone's allegiance) literally: to turn back (someone's) heart; hence: = causative action by which deities cause humans to change their way of thinking
Willing | verb hif
Collocation: סבב לֵב
to turn (someone's) heart, to change (someone's) disposition literally: to turn (someone's) heart; hence: = action by which deities cause humans to have a different opinion about other humans
1 1SA 22:22 It is possible that סבתי should be read חבתי. 2 ECC 2:20 The word לֵב "heart" is missing in this clause, though it is found in the next. 3 ECC 7:25 MT וְלִבִּי; we are ignoring the copula.
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
סָבַב vb. turn about, go around, surround Qal turn, intrans.
march, or walk, around
go partly round, circle, skirt
make a round, or circuit, go about to
surround, encompass
Niph.
turn oneself against, close round upon
turn round (from a direct course)
esp. of boundary: turn round from, toward
pass. be turned over to, into the power of
Pi. to change, transform, the aspect of the matter
Po‛. encompass (with protection)
come about, assemble round
march or go about
enclose, envelop
Hiph.
turn (trans.), cause to turn
bring over (i.e. to allegiance)
turn into, of changing name
= bring round, of changing name
cause to go around
surround with (acc.) wall
perh. also encompass (as foe)
Hoph. be turned, of cart wheel
surrounded, i.e. set, of jewels
base