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H5462 סָגַר (çâgar) saw-gar'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root; to shut up; figuratively, to surrender

KJV Usage: close up, deliver (up), give over (up), inclose, X pure, repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop, X straitly

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

סָגַר (sa.gar) — to shut. 1) to shut, close 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to shut 1a2) to close, close up 1a3) closed up, closely joined, shut up 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be shut up 1b2) to be shut or closed 1c) (Piel) to shut up, deliver up 1d) (Pual) to be shut up 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to deliver up 1e2) to shut up, imprison 2) pure gold Aramaic equivalent: se.gar (סְגַר "to shut" H5463)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

adj · סגר

Pure

pure exact meaning unsure; possibly: = state in which a substance has not been mixed or adulterated with any other substance

1KI 6:20 · 1KI 6:21 · 1KI 7:49 · 1KI 7:50 · 1KI 10:21 · 2CH 4:20 · 2CH 4:22 · 2CH 9:20

1 1KI 6:20 NJPS "solid (gold)" | REB "red (gold)" 2 1KI 10:21 REB "red (gold)"

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verb · מַסְגֵּר · מִסְגֶּרֶת · סְגֹור · סוּגַר · סָגוּר

Close | verb qal, verb nif, verb pu'al

to shut, to close = causative action by which humans or deities close the entrance to a space with the help of a door

GEN 7:16 · GEN 19:6 · GEN 19:10 · JDG 3:23 · JDG 9:51 · 2KI 4:4 · 2KI 4:5 · 2KI 4:21 · 2KI 4:33 · 2KI 6:32 · 2CH 28:24 · 2CH 29:7 · NEH 6:10 · NEH 13:19 · JOB 3:10 · ECC 12:4 · ISA 22:22 · ISA 22:22 · ISA 26:20 · MAL 1:10

Close | verb qal, verb pu'al, verb nif

to shut, to close = causative action by which humans close the entrance(s) to a location, supposedly by shutting its doors

JOS 2:5 · JOS 2:7 · JOS 6:1 · JOS 6:1 · 1SA 1:5 · 1SA 1:6 · PSA 17:10 · ISA 24:10 · ISA 45:1 · ISA 60:11 · JER 13:19 · EZK 44:1 · EZK 44:2 · EZK 44:2 · EZK 46:1 · EZK 46:2 · EZK 46:12 · DAN 6:23

Cover | verb qal

to close off, to close up = action of closing or covering over an open space

GEN 2:21 · JDG 3:22 · 1KI 11:27 · JOB 41:7

Restrict | verb hif, verb nif, verb qal, verb pu'al

to shut in, to shut up, to imprison = action of restricting or containing a person or an object to a specific space

EXO 14:3 · LEV 13:4 · LEV 13:5 · LEV 13:11 · LEV 13:21 · LEV 13:26 · LEV 13:31 · LEV 13:33 · LEV 13:50 · LEV 13:54 · LEV 14:38 · LEV 14:46 · NUM 12:14 · NUM 12:15 · 1SA 23:7 · JOB 11:10 · JOB 12:14 · ISA 24:22 · EZK 3:24

Control | verb hif, verb pi

to deliver, to give up, to surrender = causative action of controling and restricting movement; that is, to hand over a person or an object to another's control

DEU 23:16 · DEU 32:30 · JOS 20:5 · 1SA 17:46 · 1SA 23:11 · 1SA 23:12 · 1SA 23:12 · 1SA 23:20 · 1SA 24:19 · 1SA 26:8 · 1SA 30:15 · 2SA 18:28 · JOB 16:11 · PSA 31:9 · PSA 78:48 · PSA 78:50 · PSA 78:62 · LAM 2:7 · AMO 1:6 · AMO 1:9 · AMO 6:8 · OBA 1:14

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verb

Weapons | ≈ חֲנִית

battle-axe = a handle about half the length of a man’s body on which was mounted a metal blade sharpened on opposing sides; a soldier could use it in close combat and swing it in two directions without changing his grip on it

PSA 35:3

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

סָגַר vb. shut, close Qal shut door

close in upon

close up breach

Pt. pass., closed up = closely joined with tight seal

elsewhwere only Pt. pass. (gold shut up, and so prized, rare, fine?)

Niph. subj. pers. be shut up

be shut, closed, of city gates

Pi. deliver up to (leave no other opening for one, shut one up to)

Pu. of cities

of prisoners

of doors

Hiph. deliver up to

shut up

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