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Magormissabib — the meaning of the Hebrew name מָגוֹר מִסָּבִיב

מָגוֹר מִסָּבִיב

Mâgôwr miç-Çâbîyb · pronounced maw-gore' mis-saw-beeb' · Strong's H4036 · a man

Magormissabib means affright from around.

Built from

מָגוֹר mâgôwr (from, H4032) — a fright (objective or subjective) open in the lexicon ›

סָבִיב çâbîyb (and, H5439) — (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H4032 and H5439 with the preposition inserted; affright from around; Magor-mis-Sabib, a symbolic name of Pashur.

First appearance

Jer 20:3 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The Lord hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor–missabib. (KJV)

Every verse that names Magormissabib

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Jeremiah

Jer 20:3

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