Lexical Definition

‎מָגוֹר מִסָּבִיב‎ Mâgôwr miç-Çâbîyb (maw-gore' mis-saw-beeb') Terror on Every Side ^N:N-M-P
from ‎מָגוֹר‎ and ‎סָבִיב‎ with the preposition inserted; affright from around

Magormissabib.

• § Magor-missabib = "terror on every side"
• Magor-mis-Sabib, a symbolic name of Pashur

1) the name given Pashur the priest by Jeremiah when Pashur smote him and put him in the stocks for prophesying against the idolatry of Jerusalem

Extended Information

name of: פַּשְׁחוּר

• A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.20.1 also translated "Terror on Every Side" at Jer.20.3
• Another name of pash.chur (‎פ‎ַּ‎ש‎ְׁ‎חו‎ּ‎ר‎ "Pashhur" פַּשְׁחוּר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: סָבַב

‎סָבִיב‎₃₃₆ substantive, used mostly as adverb and preposition, circuit, round about: — construct ‎סְבִיב‎ Amos 3:11 plural construct ‎סְבִיבֵי‎ Jer 32:44; Jer 33:13, suffix ‎סְבִיבֶיךָ‎ etc. (10 t.), much oftener ‎סְבִיבוֺת‎ Exod 7:24 + 22 t., ‎סְבִיבוֺתַי‎, ‎תֶיךָ‎-, etc., Deut 17:14, etc. (48 t.): —

1. in singular —
a. as substantive 1Chr 11:8 ‎מןהֿמלוא וְעַדהַֿסָּבִיב‎ and to the parts round about.
b. as adverb accusative ‎סָבִיב‎ (in) a circuit, i.e. round about, Gen 23:17 ‎בְּכָלגְּֿבֻלוֺ סָבִיב‎ Exod 19:12; Exod 25:11; Exod 25:24; Exod 25:25; Lev 1:5; Lev 1:11 ‎עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ‎ ‎סָבִיב‎, Judg 20:29; 1Kgs 3:1; 1Kgs 5:11*; Ps 3:7* ‎שָׁתוּ עָלָ֑י‎ ‎׳‎‎אֲשֶׁר ס‎, Ps 12:9*; Ps 34:8* + often; sometimes doubled, for the sake of emphasis, 2Chr 4:3; Ezek 8:10 ‎׳‎‎ס‎ ‎׳‎‎עַל הַקִּיר ס‎, Ezek 37:2; Ezek 40:5 and often in Ezek 40-43.
c. as preposition:
(a) Psalms, Amos 3:11 ‎צַר וּסְבִיב הָאָרֶץ‎ distress, and that in the circuit of (= round about) the land (but read probably with ᵑ6 ‎יְסֹבֵב‎ will encircle).
(b) ‎׳‎‎סָבִיב לְ‎ Exod 16:13; Exod 40:33; Num 1:50; Num 1:53; Num 2:2; Judg 7:21; 1Kgs 6:5; 1Kgs 18:32; 1Kgs 18:35; Ezek 41:10; Ezek 14:16; Job 19:12; Ps 34:8*; Ps 78:28; Ps 125:2 (twice in verse) ‎סָבִיב לְעַמּוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎י‎, Ps 128:3; Song 3:7; Nah 3:8.
(c) strangely, ‎סָבִיב אֵת‎ 1Kgs 6:5 (omitted by ᵐ5), Ezek 43:17.
d. ‎מִסָּבִיב‎₄₂, from round about, from every side, Ezek 16:33; Ezek 16:37; Ezek 23:22; Ezek 37:21, but usually (‎מִן‎ 1 c) = on every side, Jer 4:17 ‎הָיוּ עָלֶיהָ מִסָּבִיב‎, Isa 42:25 ‎׳‎‎וַתְּלַהֲטֵהוּ מ‎, Joel 4:11*; Joel 4:12* Psalms ‎מָגוֺר מִסָּבִיב‎ terror on every side ! Jer 6:25; Jer 20:3; Jer 20:10; Jer 46:5; Jer 49:29; Ps 31:14*, compare Lam 2:22 especially in the Deuteronomic phrases ‎׳‎‎אוֺיְבִים מ‎, or ‎׳‎‎הֵנִיחַ מ‎ (sometimes in combination), as Deut 12:10 ‎׳‎‎והניח לכם מכלאֿויביכם מ‎, Deut 25:19; Josh 21:42 ‎׳‎‎לָהֶם מ‎ ‎׳‎‎וַיָּנַח י‎, Josh 23:1; Judg 2:14; Judg 8:34; 1Sam 12:11 +; ‎מִסָּבִיב לְ‎ from round about, Num 16:24; Num 16:27. — On 1Sam 14:21; 2Sam 24:6; Job 10:8 see ‎סָבַב‎.

2. In plur.: —
a. ‎סְבִיבִים‎:
(a) in masculine sense, those round about, Ps 76:12* ‎כָּלסְֿבִיבָיו יֹבִילוּ שַׁי‎, Ps 89:8*; Jer 48:17; Jer 48:39.
(b) in neuter sense, the parts round about, Jer 49:5 ‎מִכָּלסְֿבִיבָ֑יִךְ‎, ‎בִּסְבִיבֵי ירושׁלם‎ Jer 32:44; Jer 33:13; Jer 21:14 ‎וְאָֽכְלָה כָּלסְֿבִיבֶיהָ‎, Jer 46:14 with the force of a perp., Ps 50:3 ‎וסביביו נשׂערה מאד‎, Ps 97:2; Lam 1:17.
b. ‎סְבִיבוֺת‎
(a) as substantive (α) circuits, Eccl 1:6 ‎ועל סביבותיו שָׁב הָרוּחַ‎; (β) the parts round about, Num 22:4 ‎ילחכו הקהל אתכֿלסְֿבִיבֹתֵינוּ‎, Jer 17:26; Jer 50:32 (compare Jer 21:14 above); with reference to their inhabitants, Ps 44:19* = Ps 79:4 ‎׳‎‎לעג וקלס לסב‎, Ezek 16:57; Ezek 28:24; Dan 9:16.
(b) with the force a preposition Exod 7:24 ‎סְבִיבֹת הַיְאֹר‎ literally (in) the circuits of the Nile = round about the Nile, Num 11:24; Num 11:31; Num 11:32; Num 35:2 ‎סְבִיבֹתֵיהֶם‎, Judg 7:18; 1Sam 26:5; 1Sam 26:7; 2Kgs 6:17 ‎סביבֹת אלישׁע‎, Ps 18:12*; Ps 27:6 ‎על אֹיְבַי סביבותי‎, etc.; often idiomatic preceded by ‎אשׁר‎, as Gen 33:5 ‎הערים אשׁר סביבותיהם‎ Gen 41:48; Lev 25:44; Num 16:34; Deut 6:14; Deut 13:8*; Deut 17:14; Deut 21:2 +. In the same sense ‎מִסְּבִיבוֺתָם‎ Ezek 28:26.

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