King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7682
Transliteration: sagab
Phonetic Spelling: (saw-gab')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be (inaccessibly) high
Meaning: to be, lofty, inaccessible, safe, strong
Word Summary
sagab: to be (inaccessibly) high
Original Word: שָׂגַבTransliteration: sagab
Phonetic Spelling: (saw-gab')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be (inaccessibly) high
Meaning: to be, lofty, inaccessible, safe, strong
Strong's Concordance
defend, exalt, be excellent, be, set on high, lofty, be safe, set up on high, A primitive root; to be (causatively, make) lofty, especially inaccessible; by implication, safe, strong; used literally and figuratively --defend, exalt, be excellent, (be, set on) high, lofty, be safe, set up (on high), be too strong.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7682. sagab
[שָׂגַב] verb be (inaccessibly) high (compare שְׂגַב ᵑ7 Pa`el [from Hebrew] exalt); — Qal Perfect
13feminine singular שָֽׂגְבָה Deuteronomy 2:36, of city, with מִן, be (too) high for capture.
23masculine plural שָֽׂגְבוּ Job 5:11 of person, be high in prosperity.
Niph`al Perfect3masculine singular נִשְׂגַּב Isaiah 2:11, 17; נִשְׂגָָּֽכProverbs 18:10; 3 feminine singular נִשְׂגְּבָה Psalm 139:6 Participle נִשְׂגָּב Isaiah 12:4 +; feminine singular נִשְׂגָּבָה 26:5 +; —
1 be high, walls Isaiah 30:13; Proverbs 18:11; city Isaiah 26:5; God's knowledge Psalm 139:6 (unattainable).
2 be (safely) set on high, Proverbs 18:10.
3 be exalted, of God Isaiah 2:11, 17; 33:5; his name 12:4; Psalm 148:13.
Pi`el Imperfect3masculine singular יְשַׂגֵּב Isaiah 9:10; Psalm 107:41; suffix יְשַׂגֶּבְךָ 20:2, etc.; — transitive with accusative:
1 set (securely) on high, Psalm 20:2; 69:30; 91:14; c, מִן, of foe 59:2, affliction 107:41.
2 exalt, in effective hostility, with עַל, Isaiah 9:10.
Pu`al Imperfect3masculine singular יְשֻׂגָ֑ב Proverbs 29:25 be set (securely) on high.
Hiph`il Imperfect3masculine singular יַשְׂגִּיב Job 36:22 God acts exaltedly בְּכֹחוֺ.