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# בָּגַד

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H898

**act treacherously** — used 49 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

act treacherously [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/898/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

בָּגַד: vb. act deal treacherously [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/898/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. act or deal treacherously— Pf. בָּֽגְדָה Je 3:20 + 14 times; Impf. יִבְגֹּד Mal 2:15 + 5 times; נִבְגַּד Mal 2:10; Inf. abs. בָּגוֹד Is 48:8; Je 5:11; cstr. בְּגֹד Is 33:1; בִּגְדוֹ Ex 21:8; Pt. בֹּגֵד Pr 22:12 + 11 times; בּוֹגֵד Is 33:1 + 10 times—act or deal treacherously, faithlessly, deceitfully, in the marriage relation, in matters of property or right, in covenants, in word and in general conduct. abs. 1 S 14:33; Jb 6:15 ψ 78:57; Is 24:16; 33:1(×2); 48:8 Mal 2:11. Cf. phrases אחי בגדו כמו נחל my brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook Jb 6:15; בֹּגְדִים בָּגָ֑דוּ וּבֶגֶד בּוֹגְדִים בָּגָ֑דוּ the treacherous have dealt treacherously, yea in treachery have the treacherous dealt treacherously Is 24:16 (striking alliteration); בֹּגְדֵי אָוֶן treacherous in wickedness ψ 59:6. with בְּ Ex 21:8 (E), Ju 9:23; Is 33:1(×2) Je 3:20; 5:11; 12:6; La 1:2; Ho 5:7; 6:7; Mal 2:10, 14, 15, 16. c. acc. ψ 73:15. c. מִן pregnant, בָּֽגְדָה אִשָּׁה מֵרֵעָהּ acteth treacherously (in departing) from her friend Je 3:20. The ptcp. is used Pr 2:22 + 8 times, ψ 25:3; 59:6; 119:158 Is 21:2; 24:16(×2); 33:1 Je 3:8, 11; 9:1 Hb 1:13; 2:5; בֹּגְדֵי בָ֑גֶד dealers treacherously in treachery (very treacherously) Je 12:1.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 32 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: \[those who\] act treacherously (8); of \[those who\] act treacherously (5); they have dealt treacherously (4).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 13:15](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.13.15/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.13.15/#tree)

שֵֽׂכֶל־ט֭וֹב יִתֶּן־חֵ֑ן וְדֶ֖רֶךְ בֹּגְדִ֣ים אֵיתָֽן׃

*Word for word:* insight good it.gives favor and.\[the\] way of.\[those.who\].act.treacherously \[is\].enduring

*JPS 1917:* Good understanding giveth grace; but the way of the faithless is harsh.

[Proverbs 22:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.22.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.22.12/#tree)

עֵינֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה נָ֣צְרוּ דָ֑עַת וַ֝יְסַלֵּ֗ף דִּבְרֵ֥י בֹגֵֽד׃

*Word for word:* the.eyes of.Yahweh they.guard knowledge and he.has.subverted \[the\].words of.\[one.who\].acts.treacherously

*JPS 1917:* The eyes of the LORD preserve him that hath knowledge, but He overthroweth the words of the faithless man.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/898.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/898/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).