Quick Definition
pursuing
Strong's Definition
a withdrawal (into a private place)
Derivation: from H7734 (שׂוּג);
KJV Usage: pursuing.
TWOT Reference: 1469a
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) a moving away, dross
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שִׂיג (sig) — pursuing. a moving away, dross
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Dissociate
busy, occupied meaning unsure, possibly: = state in which a deity has withdrawn himself and is temporarily unavailable
noun m
1 1KI 18:27 RSV "has gone aside" NIV NJB "busy" NJPS "detained" NRSV "wandered away" REB "engaged" GNT "relieving himself" CEV "using the toilet"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
סִיג, שִׂיג n.[m.] 1. a moving back or away. 2. dross base