saviv · around

What it means

saviv (סָבִיב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “around”.

On every side; the surroundings.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
2. The villages and lands that lie round a city.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

Around, on every side. BDB notes that as a noun it means a circle, the neighbors or the surroundings, but that it is used mainly as an adverb.

• Around the dwelling and the altar Exodus 40:33Exodus 29:16
• The Levites camp around the dwelling Numbers 1:50
• “Rest all around”: peace with all the neighbors 1 Kings 5:4Joshua 21:44
• Protection on every side Psalms 34:7
• The borders of a field Genesis 23:17

Historical and cultural background

According to Numbers 1:50-53, the Levites camped around the dwelling of the testimony, between it and the other tribes.

How we translate it

“All around” 207 times, “around” 107, “every side” 9, “surroundings” 3. With the altar it is always “all around” (“splash {it} on the altar all around”, Exodus 29:16).

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• all around ×207
• around ×107
• every side ×9
• surroundings ×3
• round about ×2
• who surround him ×2
• circuits ×1
• surround him ×1
• surrounded it ×1
• surrounding area ×1
• others ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×3
• Exodus×31
• Leviticus×15
• Numbers×18
• Deuteronomy×6
• Joshua×7
• Judges×6
• 1 Samuel×6
• 2 Samuel×4
• 1 Kings×19
• 2 Kings×8
• 1 Chronicles×9
• 2 Chronicles×14
• Ezra×1
• Nehemiah×4
• Job×8
• Psalms×19
• Ecclesiastes×1
• Song of Songs×1
• Isaiah×3
• Jeremiah×27
• Lamentations×3
• Ezekiel×112
• Daniel×1
• Joel×2
• Amos×1
• Nahum×1
• Zechariah×5

• Genesis 23:17

  The field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which is facing Mamre, the field and the cave that was in it and all the trees that were in the field, that were within all its borders all around, were made over

• Genesis 35:5

  As they set out, the terror of Elohim came upon the cities that were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

• Genesis 41:48

  He gathered all the food of the seven years that were in the land of Egypt, and put food in the cities; the food of the fields of each city that surrounded it he put in it.

• Exodus 7:24

  All the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, for they could not drink from the water of the Nile.

• Exodus 16:13

  In the evening quail came up and covered the camp; and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.

• Exodus 19:12

  You shall set limits for the people all around, saying, ‘Take care not to go up on the mountain or touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.

• Exodus 25:11

  You shall overlay it with pure gold; inside and outside you shall overlay it, and you shall make on it a molding of gold all around.

• Exodus 25:24

  You shall overlay it with pure gold and make for it a molding of gold all around.

• Exodus 25:25

  You shall make for it a rim a handbreadth wide all around, and you shall make a molding of gold for its rim all around.

• Exodus 27:17

  All the pillars of the courtyard all around shall be joined with rods of silver; their hooks of silver and their bases of bronze.

• Exodus 28:32

  There shall be an opening for its head in its middle, with a binding around its opening, the work of a weaver; like the opening of a coat of mail it shall be for it, so that it will not tear.

• Exodus 28:33

  On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, on its hem all around, and bells of gold between them all around:

• Exodus 28:34

  a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, on the hem of the robe all around.

• Exodus 29:16

  You shall slaughter the ram and take its blood and splash it on the altar all around.

• Exodus 29:20

  You shall slaughter the ram and take some of its blood and put it on the lobe of the right ear of Aaron and on the lobe of the ear of his sons, and on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot, and splash the blood on the altar all around.

• Exodus 30:3

  You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top and its sides all around and its horns, and you shall make for it a molding of gold all around.

• Exodus 37:2

  And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made for it a molding of gold all around.

• Exodus 37:11

  And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made for it a molding of gold all around.

• Exodus 37:12

  And he made for it a rim of a handbreadth all around, and made a molding of gold for its rim all around.

• Exodus 37:26

  And he overlaid it with pure gold, its top and its sides all around, and its horns; and he made for it a molding of gold all around.

• Exodus 38:16

  All the hangings of the courtyard all around were of twisted fine linen.

• Exodus 38:20

  And all the pegs for the dwelling and for the courtyard all around were of bronze.

• Exodus 38:31

  and the bases of the courtyard all around, and the bases of the gate of the courtyard, and all the pegs of the dwelling, and all the pegs of the courtyard all around.

• Exodus 39:23

  And the opening of the robe was in its middle, like the opening of a coat of mail, with a binding for its opening all around, so that it would not be torn.

• Exodus 39:25

  And they made bells of pure gold and put the bells between the pomegranates on the hem of the robe all around, between the pomegranates:

• Exodus 39:26

  a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, on the hem of the robe all around, for ministering, as YHWH had commanded Moses.

• Exodus 40:8

  And you shall set up the courtyard all around, and you shall put the screen of the gate of the courtyard.

• Exodus 40:33

  And he set up the courtyard all around the dwelling and the altar, and put the screen of the gate of the courtyard. So Moses finished the work.

• Leviticus 1:5

  He shall slaughter the young bull before YHWH, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall present the blood and splash the blood against the altar all around, the altar that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

• Leviticus 1:11

  He shall slaughter it on the side of the altar northward before YHWH, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall splash its blood against the altar all around.

• Leviticus 3:2

  He shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall splash the blood against the altar all around.

• Leviticus 3:8

  He shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it before the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aaron shall splash its blood against the altar all around.

• Leviticus 3:13

  He shall lay his hand on its head and slaughter it before the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aaron shall splash its blood against the altar all around.

• Leviticus 7:2

  In the place where they slaughter the burnt offering they shall slaughter the guilt offering, and its blood he shall splash against the altar all around.

• Leviticus 8:15

  He slaughtered it, and Moses took the blood and put it on the horns of the altar all around with his finger, and purified the altar; and the rest of the blood he poured out at the base of the altar, and consecrated it to make expiation for it.

• Leviticus 8:19

  He slaughtered it, and Moses splashed the blood against the altar all around.

• Leviticus 8:24

  He brought near the sons of Aaron, and Moses put some of the blood on the lobe of their right ear, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the big toe of their right foot; and Moses splashed the blood against the altar all around.

• Leviticus 9:12

  He slaughtered the burnt offering, and the sons of Aaron handed the blood to him, and he splashed it against the altar all around.

• Leviticus 9:18

  He slaughtered the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace that was for the people, and the sons of Aaron handed the blood to him, and he splashed it against the altar all around,

• Leviticus 14:41

  And the house he shall have scraped inside all around, and they shall pour out the clay that they scrape off to outside the city, to an unclean place.

And 295 more times.