סָחַבçâchab
drag
Pronunciation: saw-khab' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5498
Meanings
Qal: drag (2 Samuel 17:13; Jeremiah 49:20; Jeremiah 50:45)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- 2 Samuel 17:13 And if David were to escape into some town, you will have all Israel there at your command. Then we can take ropes and drag the walls of the town into the nearest valley until every stone is torn down.”
- Jeremiah 15:3 “I will send four kinds of destroyers against them,” says the Lord. “I will send the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, the vultures to devour, and the wild animals to finish up what is left.
- Jeremiah 22:19 He will be buried like a dead donkey— dragged out of Jerusalem and dumped outside the gates!
- Jeremiah 49:20 Listen to the Lord’s plans against Edom and the people of Teman. Even the little children will be dragged off like sheep, and their homes will be destroyed.
- Jeremiah 50:45 Listen to the Lord’s plans against Babylon and the land of the Babylonians. Even the little children will be dragged off like sheep, and their homes will be destroyed.
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).