Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H7683: שָׁגַג

shâgag · pronounced shaw-gag' · “to go astray”

Definition

to stray, i.e. (figuratively) sin (with more or less apology)

KJV translates it as: [idiom] also for that, deceived, err, go astray, sin ignorantly.

Word origin: a primitive root;

Extended definition

1) to go astray, err, commit sin or error
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to err (mentally)
1a2) to sin (ignorantly or inadvertently)

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H7683 is translated

  • he has gone astray ×1
  • has gone astray ×1
  • one who goes astray ×1
  • was going astray ×1

Bible verses with H7683 (shâgag)

Shâgag appears in 4 verses.

  • Leviticus 5:18

    And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him.

  • Numbers 15:28

    And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the Lord, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.

  • Job 12:16

    With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.

  • Psalms 119:67

    Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

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