סִיג
sîg
a moving back
Strong's H5509NounHebrewTWOT 1469a

סִיג (sîg) is a Hebrew noun meaning a moving back. It appears 9 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5509).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1469a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1469a)a moving back, away, dross; scoria, a withdrawal; pursuing
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

סִיג noun, masculine: a moving back, away, dross

Strong's H5509 סִיג: scoria
KJV:dross.

Strong's H7873 שִׂיג: a withdrawal (into a private place)
KJV:pursuing.

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 1469: סוּג sûg — move away, backslide; prove recreant to; turn oneself away, turn back, be turned, driven back, be repulsed; displacing, moving back, remove, carry away; retreat, flinch, go back, apostatize; departing away, take, turn away…

See it in Scripture

Psalms 119:119Proverbs 25:4Isaiah 1:22

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