Shagah means “deceive” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H7686 שָׁגָה (shagah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. shagah (shaw-gaw') v. 1. to stray (causatively, mislead), usually (figuratively) to mistake, especially (morally) to transgress 2. by extension (through the idea of intoxication) to reel, (figuratively) be enraptured It has 19 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include through. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
shagah (shaw-gaw') v. 1. to stray (causatively, mislead), usually (figuratively) to mistake, especially (morally) to transgress 2. by extension (through the idea of intoxication) to reel, (figuratively) be enraptured [a primitive root] KJV: (cause to) go astray, deceive, err, be ravished, sin through ignorance, (let, make to) wander.
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to wander
Usage: 1) to go astray, stray, err 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to err, stray 1a2) to swerve, meander, reel, roll, be intoxicated, err (in drunkenness) 1a3) to go astray (morally) 1a4) to commit sin of ignorance or inadvertence, err (ignorantly) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to lead astray 1b2) to lead astray, mislead (mentally) 1b3) to lead astray (morally)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render shagah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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19 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;
And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,
Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
First 19 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7686.
And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;
And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,
Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.
And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the house.
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Shagah (Strong's H7686) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "deceive". shagah (shaw-gaw') v. 1. to stray (causatively, mislead), usually (figuratively) to mistake, especially (morally) to transgress 2. by extension (through the idea of intoxication) to reel, (figuratively) be enraptured
This page currently indexes 19 linked usages for Strong's H7686 across 9 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7686 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as through. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.