Strong's H898 · Hebrew
בָּגַד
bâgad · /baw-gad'/
Definition
to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
KJV: deal deceitfully (treacherously, unfaithfully), offend, transgress(-or), (depart), treacherous (dealer, -ly, man), unfaithful(-ly, man), [idiom] very.
Root / derivation: a primitive root;
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered בָּגַד across 39 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
39 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Job1 verse
Psalms5 verses
Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
Psalms 59:5Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
Psalms 73:15If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
Psalms 78:57But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
Psalms 119:158I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
Proverbs9 verses
But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. rooted: or, plucked up
Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
Proverbs 11:6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
Proverbs 13:2A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
Proverbs 13:15Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
Proverbs 21:18The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
Proverbs 22:12The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor. the words: or, the matters
Proverbs 23:28She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men. as for: or, as a robber
Proverbs 25:19Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
Isaiah4 verses
A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. grievous: Heb. hard
Isaiah 24:16From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously. uttermost: Heb. wing My leanness: Heb. Leanness to me, or, My secret to me
Isaiah 33:1Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
Isaiah 48:8Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
Jeremiah7 verses
And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
Jeremiah 3:11And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
Jeremiah 3:20Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD. husband: Heb. friend
Jeremiah 5:11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 9:2Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
Jeremiah 12:1Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? talk: or, reason the case with thee
Jeremiah 12:6For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee. they have called: or, they cried after thee fully fair: Heb. good things
Hosea2 verses
Habakkuk2 verses
Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he? iniquity: or, grievance
Habakkuk 2:5Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people: Yea: or, How much more
Malachi5 verses
Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
Malachi 2:11Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god. loved: or, ought to love
Malachi 2:14Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
Malachi 2:15And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. residue: or, excellency godly: Heb. seed of God treacherously: or, unfaithfully
Malachi 2:16For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously. that he: or, if he hate her, put her away putting: Heb. to put away
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H898 (bâgad) mean?
to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
How many times does H898 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H898 (בָּגַד) appears in 39 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “treacherously.”
How is bâgad translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H898 is rendered as “treacherously” (23×), “transgressors” (8×), “dealers” (2×), “deceitfully” (2×), among other words.
Where does the Hebrew word בָּגַד come from?
a primitive root;