Sagab means “lofty” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H7682 שָׂגַב (sagab) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. sagab (saw-gab') v. 1. to be lofty, especially inaccessible 2. (causatively) to make lofty It has 20 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include exalted, set, high, strong, and defend. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
sagab (saw-gab') v. 1. to be lofty, especially inaccessible 2. (causatively) to make lofty 3. (by implication), safe, strong {literally and figuratively} [a primitive root] KJV: defend, exalt, be excellent, (be, set on) high, lofty, be safe, set up (on high), be too strong.
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to exalt
Usage: 1) to be high, be inaccessibly high 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be (too) high (for capture) 1a2) to be high (of prosperity) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be high 1b2) to be set on high, be (safely) set on high 1b3) to be exalted (of God) 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to set on high, set (securely) on high 1c2) to exalt, exalt (in effective hostility) 1d) (Pual) to be set (securely) on high 1e) (Hiphil) to act exaltedly
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20 indexed usages in Old Testament.
From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
First 20 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7682.
From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;
And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.
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Sagab (Strong's H7682) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "lofty". sagab (saw-gab') v. 1. to be lofty, especially inaccessible 2. (causatively) to make lofty
This page currently indexes 20 linked usages for Strong's H7682 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7682 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as exalted, set, high, strong, defend, and safe. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.