Limitless Word
שָׁגָהshâgâh/shaw-gaw'/
HebrewH768621 occurrences (KJV)

to stray (causatively, mislead), usually (figuratively) to mistake, especially (morally) to transgress; by extension (through the idea of intoxication) to reel, (figuratively) be enraptured

KJV renders it: (cause to) go astray, deceive, err, be ravished, sin through ignorance, (let, make to) wander.

Where it appears(showing the first 19 of 21)

  • Lev 4:13“‘If the whole congregation of Israel sins, and the thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and are guilty;
  • Num 15:22“‘When you err, and don’t observe all these commandments, which Yahweh has spoken to Moses,
  • Deut 27:18‘Cursed is he who leads the blind astray on the road.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
  • 1 Sam 26:21Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes today. Behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.”
  • Job 6:24“Teach me, and I will hold my peace. Cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
  • Job 12:16With him is strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are his.
  • Job 19:4If it is true that I have erred, my error remains with myself.
  • Ps 119:10With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.
  • Ps 119:21You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments.
  • Ps 119:118You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.
  • Prov 5:19A loving doe and a graceful deer — let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.
  • Prov 5:20For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?
  • Prov 5:23He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.
  • Prov 19:27If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
  • Prov 20:1Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
  • Prov 28:10Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good.
  • Isa 28:7They also reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine. They stagger with strong drink. They err in vision. They stumble in judgment.
  • Ezek 34:6My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill: yes, my sheep were scattered on all the surface of the earth; and there was no one who searched or sought.
  • Ezek 45:20So you shall do on the seventh day of the month for everyone who errs, and for him who is simple: so you shall make atonement for the house.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.