Word Study · Strong's H7686 · Hebrew
שָׁגָה
shagah
shaw-gaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: shâgâh
“to stray (causatively, mislead), usually (figuratively) to mistake, especially (morally) to transgress”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to stray (causatively, mislead), usually (figuratively) to mistake, especially (morally) to transgress; by extension (through the idea of intoxication) to reel, (figuratively) be enraptured
Rendered in the KJV as
(cause to) go astray, deceive, err, be ravished, sin through ignorance, (let, make to) wander.
- 21occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 9 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 21inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 21 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 21
- הַ֝שֹּׁגִים1
- וָאֶשְׁגֶּ֖ה1
- וּמַשְׁגֶּֽה׃1
- יִשְׁגֶּֽה׃ פ1
- יִשְׁגּ֔וּ1
- יִשְׁגּ֤וּ1
- לִ֝שְׁג֗וֹת1
- מַשְׁגֶּ֥ה1
- מַשְׁגֶּ֤ה1
- שֹׁ֥גֶה1
- שֹׁגֶ֖ה1
- שָׁג֔וּ1
and 9 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 18
- they reeled3
- [one who] leads astray2
- [one who] staggers1
- [those who] go astray1
- [who] errs1
- and [one who] leads astray1
- and I have gone astray1
- have I erred1
- he will go astray1
- I have erred1
- may you be intoxicated1
- they wander1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 14
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural3
- verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular2
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular2
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural2
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular2
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
- Hc/Vqw1cs1
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural1
- verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVqp3cp · 3
- HVhrmsa · 2
- HVqi2ms · 2
- HVqi3mp · 2
- HVqp1cs · 2
- HVqrmsa · 2
- HC/Vhrmsa · 1
- Hc/Vqw1cs · 1
- HR/Vqcc · 1
- HTd/Vqrmpa · 1
- HVhi2ms/Sp1bs · 1
- HVqi2mp · 1
All 21, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Proverbs carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Job3 occurrences
- Job 6:24שָּׁ֝גִ֗יתִיshagitiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularTeach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand how I have erred.here: have I erred
- Job 12:16וּמַשְׁגֶּֽה׃umashgehconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularTrue wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.here: and [one who] leads astray
- Job 19:4שָׁגִ֑יתִיshagitiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularEven if I have truly gone astray, my error concerns me alone.here: I have erred
Psalms3 occurrences
- Psalms 119:10תַּ֝שְׁגֵּ֗נִיtashgeniverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularWith all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.here: you allow to stray me
- Psalms 119:21הַ֝שֹּׁגִיםhashogimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralYou rebuke the arrogant— the cursed who stray from Your commandments.here: who go astray
- Psalms 119:118שׁוֹגִ֣יםshogimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralYou reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.here: [those who] go astray
Proverbs6 occurrences
- Proverbs 5:19תִּשְׁגֶּ֥הtishgehverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularA loving doe, a graceful fawn— may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.here: may you be intoxicated
- Proverbs 5:20תִשְׁגֶּ֣הtishgehverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularWhy be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?here: will you go astray
- Proverbs 5:23יִשְׁגֶּֽה׃ פyishgehverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularHe dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.here: he will go astray
- Proverbs 19:27לִ֝שְׁג֗וֹתlishgotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.here: to stray
- Proverbs 20:1שֹׁ֥גֶהshogehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularWine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.here: [one who] staggers
- Proverbs 28:10מַשְׁגֶּ֤הmashgehverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularHe who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.here: [one who] leads astray
Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 28:7שָׁג֔וּshaguverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralThese also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.here: they reeled
- Isaiah 28:7שָׁג֨וּshaguverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralThese also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.here: they reeled
- Isaiah 28:7שָׁגוּ֙shaguverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralThese also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.here: they reeled
Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 34:6יִשְׁגּ֤וּyishguverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralMy flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the face of all the earth, with no one to search for them or seek them out.’here: they wander
- Ezekiel 45:20שֹׁגֶ֖הshogehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularYou must do the same thing on the seventh day of the month for anyone who strays unintentionally or in ignorance. In this way you will make atonement for the temple.here: [who] errs