סִבָּה
sibbâ
turn of affairs
Strong's H5438NounHebrewTWOT 1456a

סִבָּה (sibbâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning turn of affairs. It appears 1 time in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5438).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1456a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1456a)turn; turn of affairs; environment, circumstance; cause
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

נְסִבָּה noun, feminine: turn

turn of affairs

סִבָּה noun, feminine: turn of affairs

Strong's H5252 נְסִבָּה: properly, an environment, i.e. circumstance or turn of affairs
KJV:cause.

Strong's H5438 סִבָּה: a (providential) turn (of affairs)
KJV:cause.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1456: מוּסַבָּה mûsabbâ — turn about, go around, surround; turn, march, walk, around, go partly round, circle, skirt, make a round, circuit, go about to, encompass; turn oneself, close round, turn round, be turned over; to change, transform…

See it in Scripture

1 Kings 12:15

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