סָגַר

sa.gar · to shut

Hebrew · Strong's H5462 · Verb · Sounds like: saw-gar' · 91 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; to shut up; figuratively, to surrender; close up, deliver (up), give over (up), inclose, [idiom] pure, repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop, [idiom] straitly.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
סָגַר vb. shut, close
Qal
1. shut door
2.
a. close in upon
b. close up breach
3. Pt. pass., closed up = closely joined with tight seal
4. elsewhwere only Pt. pass. (gold shut up, and so prized, rare, fine?)
Niph.
1. subj. pers. be shut up
2. be shut, closed, of city gates
Pi. deliver up to (leave no other opening for one, shut one up to)
Pu.
1. of cities
2. of prisoners
3. of doors
Hiph.
1. deliver up to
2. shut up

Every occurrence

  1. Judges 3:22 וַיִּסְגֹּ֤ר vai.yis.Gor · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    and the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, for he drew not the sword out of his body; and it came out behind.

  2. Judges 3:23 וַיִּסְגֹּ֞ר vai.yis.Gor · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room upon him, and locked them.

  3. Judges 9:51 וַֽיִּסְגְּר֖וּ vai.yis.ge.Ru · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut themselves in, and gat them up to the roof of the tower.

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