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Hebrew verb · H898

בָּגַד

bagadbaw-gad'

to act treacherously

49 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: bâgad

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H898is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 12 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 44
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H898

to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage

The King James renders it: deal deceitfully (treacherously, unfaithfully), offend, transgress(-or), (depart), treacherous (dealer, -ly, man), unfaithful(-ly, man), [idiom] very.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

bagad is rendered "to act treacherously". It stands 49 times in the Hebrew text, across twelve books.

  • Twelve of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 21:8If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.
  • The Greek text spells it forty-four different ways.

The first use

If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.

Exodus 21:8בְּבִגְדוֹ־

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in twelve of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 27 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • treacherous8
  • they have dealt treacherously4
  • act treacherously3
  • acts treacherously3
  • act treacherously of2
  • and treacherous2
  • they act treacherously2
  • you have dealt treacherously2
  • acting treacherously1
  • and they acted treacherously1
  • and they dealt treacherously1
  • and traitor1

and 19 more, 49 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

בָּגוֹדbagodtreacherousUses2

The words it stands beside

All 49, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

44 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • בֹּגְדִ֣ים3
  • בָּ֣גְדוּ2
  • בָּגָ֔דוּ2
  • וּ֝בוֹגְדִ֗ים2
  • בְּבִגְדוֹ־1
  • בֹגֵֽד׃1
  • בָּגְדָ֥ה1
  • בָּגְדָ֣ה1
  • בֹּֽגֵדָ֤ה1
  • בָ֣גְדוּ1
  • בָּגְד֣וּ1
  • בָּגְד֜וּ1

and 32 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural9HVqp3cp
  • verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural9HVqrmpa
  • verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular5HVqrmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural2HC/Vqrmpa
  • Hc/Vqw3mp2Hc/Vqw3mp
  • verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute2HVqaa
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine plural2HVqp2mp
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular2HVqp3fs
  • verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HVqrmpc
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular1HC/Vqrmsa
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1HR/Vqcc
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HR/Vqcc/Sp3ms

Exodus

one use
  • If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.

    Exodus 21:8

    • בְּבִגְדוֹ־bevigdov-preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: because has dealt treacherously he

Judges

one use
  • God sent a spirit of animosity between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem and caused them to treat Abimelech deceitfully,

    Judges 9:23

    • וַיִּבְגְּד֥וּvaiyivgeduHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they dealt treacherously

1 Samuel

one use
  • Then someone reported to Saul: “Look, the troops are sinning against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.” “You have broken faith,” said Saul. “Roll a large stone over here at once.”

    1 Samuel 14:33

    • בְּגַדְתֶּ֔םbegadtemverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you have acted treacherously

Job

one use
  • But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,

    Job 6:15

    • בָּגְד֣וּbageduverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have acted treacherously

Psalms

five uses
  • Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who are faithless without cause will be disgraced.

    Psalms 25:3

    • הַבּוֹגְדִ֥יםhabogdimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: those act treacherously
  • O LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, rouse Yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah

    Psalms 59:5

    • בֹּ֖גְדֵיbogedeiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: act treacherously of
  • If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.

    Psalms 73:15

    • בָגָֽדְתִּי׃vagadetiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I dealt treacherously with
  • They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.

    Psalms 78:57

    • וַֽ֭יִּבְגְּדוּvaiyivgeduHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they acted treacherously
  • I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.

    Psalms 119:158

    • בֹ֭גְדִיםvogedimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: act treacherously

Proverbs

nine uses
  • but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.

    Proverbs 2:22

    • וּ֝בוֹגְדִ֗יםuvogdimconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and treacherous
  • The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.

    Proverbs 11:3

    • בּוֹגְדִ֣יםbogdimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: treacherous
  • The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.

    Proverbs 11:6

    • בֹּגְדִ֥יםbogedimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: treacherous
  • From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence.

    Proverbs 13:2

    • בֹּגְדִ֣יםbogedimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: treacherous
  • Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult.

    Proverbs 13:15

    • בֹּגְדִ֣יםbogedimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: treacherous
  • The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.

    Proverbs 21:18

    • בּוֹגֵֽד׃bogedverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: acts treacherously
  • The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.

    Proverbs 22:12

    • בֹגֵֽד׃vogedverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: acts treacherously
  • Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.

    Proverbs 23:28

    • וּ֝בוֹגְדִ֗יםuvogdimconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and treacherous
  • Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.

    Proverbs 25:19

    • בּ֝וֹגֵ֗דbogedverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: acts treacherously

Isaiah

twelve uses
  • A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”

    Isaiah 21:2

    • הַבּוֹגֵ֤ד׀habogedthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: the traitor
    • בּוֹגֵד֙bogedverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: acting treacherously
  • From the ends of the earth we hear singing: “Glory to the Righteous One.” But I said, “I am wasting away! I am wasting away! Woe is me.” The treacherous betray; the treacherous deal in treachery.

    Isaiah 24:16

    • בֹּגְדִ֣יםbogedimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: act treacherously
    • בָּגָ֔דוּbagaduverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they act treacherously
    • בּוֹגְדִ֖יםbogdimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: act treacherously
    • בָּגָֽדוּ׃bagaduverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they act treacherously
  • Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.

    Isaiah 33:1

    • וּבוֹגֵ֖דuvogedconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and traitor
    • בָ֣גְדוּvageduverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: people have dealt treacherously
    • לִבְגֹּ֖דlivgodpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to deal treacherously
    • יִבְגְּדוּ־yivgedu-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: people will deal treacherously
  • You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.

    Isaiah 48:8

    • בָּג֣וֹדbagodverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to act treacherously
    • תִּבְגּ֔וֹדtivgodverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will act treacherously

Jeremiah

nine uses
  • She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.

    Jeremiah 3:8

    • בֹּֽגֵדָ֤הbogedahverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: treacherous
  • And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah.

    Jeremiah 3:11

    • מִבֹּגֵדָ֖הmibogedahpreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: more than treacherous
  • But as a woman may betray her husband, so you have betrayed Me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD.

    Jeremiah 3:20

    • בָּגְדָ֥הbagedahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she deals treacherously
    • בְּגַדְתֶּ֥םbegadtemverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you have dealt treacherously
  • For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to Me,” declares the LORD.

    Jeremiah 5:11

    • בָג֨וֹדvagodverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to deal treacherously
    • בָּגְד֜וּbageduverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have dealt treacherously
  • If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.

    Jeremiah 9:2

    • בֹּגְדִֽים׃bogedimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: treacherous
  • Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?

    Jeremiah 12:1

    • בֹּ֥גְדֵיbogedeiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: act treacherously of
  • Even your brothers—your own father’s household—even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.

    Jeremiah 12:6

    • בָּ֣גְדוּbageduverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have dealt treacherously

Lamentations

one use
  • She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.

    Lamentations 1:2

    • בָּ֣גְדוּbageduverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have dealt treacherously

Hosea

two uses
  • They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.

    Hosea 5:7

    • בָּגָ֔דוּbagaduverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have dealt treacherously
  • But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.

    Hosea 6:7

    • בָּ֥גְדוּbageduverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they dealt treacherously

Habakkuk

two uses
  • Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

    Habakkuk 1:13

    • בּֽוֹגְדִ֔יםbogdimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: treacherous
  • and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.

    Habakkuk 2:5

    • בּוֹגֵ֔דbogedverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: treacherous

Malachi

five uses
  • Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?

    Malachi 2:10

    • נִבְגַּד֙nivgadverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: do we deal treacherously
  • Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.

    Malachi 2:11

    • בָּגְדָ֣הbagedahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has acted treacherously
  • Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

    Malachi 2:14

    • בָּגַ֣דְתָּהbagadtahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have dealt treacherously
  • Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.

    Malachi 2:15

    • יִבְגֹּֽד׃yivgodverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: anyone deal treacherously
  • “For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.

    Malachi 2:16

    • תִבְגֹּֽדוּ׃ סtivgoduverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you must act treacherously

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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