סָגַרçâgar
סָגַר: shut, close
Pronunciation: saw-gar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5462
Meanings
Qal: active, passive (Genesis 19:6; 2 Chronicles 29:7; Psalms 17:10)
1. shut (Genesis 19:10; 2 Kings 6:32; Malachi 1:10)
2.
a. close (Judges 3:22; Genesis 2:21; Exodus 14:3)
b. close up (1 Kings 11:27; Psalms 35:3; Psalms 59:5)
3. closed up, = closely joined with tight seal (Job 41:7)
4. shut up, and so prized, rare, fine? (1 Kings 6:20; 1 Kings 6:21; 1 Kings 7:49)
Niph`al
1. be shut up (1 Samuel 23:7; Numbers 12:14; Numbers 12:15)
2. be shut, closed (Ezekiel 46:2; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 60:11)
Pi`el: deliver up (1 Samuel 26:8; 2 Samuel 18:28; 1 Samuel 24:19)
Pu`al: be shut up (Isaiah 24:10; Jeremiah 13:19; Isaiah 24:22)
1. of cities (Jeremiah 13:19; Joshua 6:1; Isaiah 24:10)
2. of prisoners (Isaiah 24:22)
3. of doors (Ecclesiastes 12:14)
Hiph`il
1. deliver up, (compare Pi`el) (1 Samuel 23:11; 1 Samuel 23:12; 1 Samuel 23:20)
2. shut up
a. imprison (Leviticus 13:5; Leviticus 13:11; Leviticus 13:21)
: shut
Pe`al: shut (Daniel 6:23)
Same root
- מַסְגֵּרmaçgêr · H4525a fastener, i.e. (of a person) a smith, (of a thing) a prison
- מִסְגֶּרֶתmiçgereth · H4526something enclosing, i.e. a margin (of a region, of a panel); concretely, a stronghold
- סְגוֹרçᵉgôwr · H5458properly, shut up, i.e. the breast (as enclosing the heart); also gold (as generally shut up safely)
- סְגַרçᵉgar · H5463{to shut up; figuratively, to surrender}
- סַגְרִידçagrîyd · H5464a pouring rain
- סוּגַרçûwgar · H5474an inclosure, i.e. cage (for an animal)
Where it appears
Appears 91 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 2:21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the Lord God took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the opening.
- Genesis 7:16 A male and female of each kind entered, just as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord closed the door behind them.
- Genesis 19:6 So Lot stepped outside to talk to them, shutting the door behind him.
- Genesis 19:10 But the two angels reached out, pulled Lot into the house, and bolted the door.
- Exodus 14:3 Then Pharaoh will think, ‘The Israelites are confused. They are trapped in the wilderness!’
- Leviticus 13:4 “But if the affected area of the skin is only a white discoloration and does not appear to be more than skin-deep, and if the hair on the spot has not turned white, the priest will quarantine the person for seven days.
See every passage
- Genesis 2:21, 7:16, 19:6, 19:10
- Exodus 14:3
- Leviticus 13:4, 13:5, 13:11, 13:21, 13:26, 13:31, 13:33, 13:50, 13:54, 14:38, 14:46
- Numbers 12:14, 12:15
- Deuteronomy 23:15, 32:30
- Joshua 2:5, 2:7, 6:1, 20:5
- Judges 3:22, 3:23, 9:51
- 1 Samuel 1:5, 1:6, 17:46, 23:7, 23:11, 23:12, 23:20, 24:18, 26:8, 30:15
- 2 Samuel 18:28
- 1 Kings 6:20, 6:21, 7:49, 7:50, 10:21, 11:27
- 2 Kings 4:4, 4:5, 4:21, 4:33, 6:32
- 2 Chronicles 4:20, 4:22, 9:20, 28:24, 29:7
- Nehemiah 6:10, 13:19
- Job 3:10, 11:10, 12:14, 16:11, 41:15
- Psalms 17:10, 31:8, 35:3, 78:48, 78:50, 78:62
- Ecclesiastes 12:4
- Isaiah 22:22, 24:10, 24:22, 26:20, 45:1, 60:11
- Jeremiah 13:19
- Lamentations 2:7
- Ezekiel 3:24, 44:1, 44:2, 46:1, 46:2, 46:12
- Amos 1:6, 1:9, 6:8
- Obadiah 1:14
- Malachi 1:10
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).