Word Study · Strong's H7683 · Hebrew
שָׁגַג
shagag
shaw-gag'
Strong's 1890 spelling: shâgag
“to stray, i.e. (figuratively) sin (with more or less apology)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to stray, i.e. (figuratively) sin (with more or less apology)
Rendered in the KJV as
[idiom] also for that, deceived, err, go astray, sin ignorantly.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- הַשֹּׁגֶ֛גֶת1
- שָׁגָ֛ג1
- שֹׁגֵ֑ג1
- שֹׁגֵ֥ג1
How it is rendered · 4
- [one who] goes astray1
- [was] going astray1
- he has gone astray1
- who has gone astray1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular2
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVqrmsa · 2
- HTd/Vqrfsa · 1
- HVqp3ms · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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