Word

שָׂגָה

sâgâh · H7685 · Hebrew · 4 occurrences

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Meanings

to grow

Process by which a plant grows in size

Examples
Job 8:11 “Can papyrus grow tall without a marsh? Can the rushes grow without water?
Psalm 92:12 The righteous person will flourish like the palm tree, He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
to be great

Literally: to grow; hence: process by which a condition increases in significance and importance

Examples
Job 8:7 “Though your beginning was insignificant, Yet your end will increase greatly.
to acquire in abundance

Literally: to cause to grow; hence: causative process by which humans cause objects to increase in quantity

Examples
Psalm 73:12 Behold, these are the wicked; And always at ease, they have increased in wealth.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

4 occurrences in 4 groups

אָחוּreed grass 1
אַחֲרִיתend, future, latter part 1
Not stated: they 1
Not stated: he, she or it 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

חַיִלarmy, wealth, strength 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

כlike/as+ אֶרֶזcedar 1

With adverbsAdverbs

2 occurrences in 2 groups

בְּלִיwithout, not 1
מְאֹדvery 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 5 words

גָּדֵל gâdêl · H1432 · to be large, to grow large, to cause to grow: Both denote becoming or being large.
רָחַב râchab · H7337 · to be large, to be broad, to become larger: Both words describe becoming or making larger, but רָחַב (râchab, H7337) emphasizes spatial width and breadth (making room, opening wide), while שָׂגָה (sâgâh, H7685) refers to growth and increase in a more general sense.
גָּדַל gâdal · H1431 · to be large, to grow large, to cause to grow: Both words denote growth and increase. גָּדַל (gâdal, H1431) has a broader application, while שָׂגָה (sâgâh, H7685) is narrower.
רָבַב râbab · H7231 · to increase, to multiply, to become numerous: Both lexemes denote increase/growth in quantity—genuine overlapping sense as near-synonyms (רָבַב (râbab, H7231) "multiply, increase" and שָׂגָה (sâgâh, H7685) "grow, increase").
דָּגָה dâgâh · H1711 · to grow, to increase, to multiply: Both denote growth or increase and could substitute in similar contexts.

Semantic domains 3 entries

Large002001001037: Job 8:11 asks, "Can papyrus grow tall without a marsh?" directly attesting the growth in size this word denotes.
Extraordinary002001003006: Job 8:7 promises "your end will increase greatly," attesting the extraordinary, exceeding degree of increase this word can convey.
Quantity002001001046: Psalm 73:12 describes the wicked who "have increased in wealth," directly attesting the growing quantity this word denotes.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7685. sagah [שָׂגָה] verb grow, increase (late; || form of שׂגא); — Qal…

H7685. sagah
[שָׂגָה] verb grow, increase (late; || form of שׂגא); —
Qal Imperfect3masculine singular יִשְׂגֶּה Psa 92:13 righteous shall grow great like cedar (|| יִפְרַח), compare Job 8:7 (opposed to מִצְעָר; Job 8:11 see שׂגא).
Hiph`il Perfect3plural הִשְׂגּוּחַֿיִל Psa 73:12 they have increased riches.
שׂגיב see שְׂגוּב. שִׂגְשֵׂג see II. סוּג..

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Large2 occurrences Quantity1 occurrence Extraordinary1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0