בָּגַד
ba.gad (H0898)
to act treacherously
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word בָּגַד (ba.gad) is defined as "to act treacherously." This action involves a departure, whether literally or figuratively, from a prior agreement or loyalty. The word is surprisingly found within the semantic domain of "Movement & Travel," which suggests that betrayal often occurs when individuals move away or change direction in their commitments. Ba.gad appears 49 times in the Bible, indicating its significant role in various contexts. Its usage spans both literal and metaphorical senses, encompassing instances of betrayal, perjury, and rebellion. Notably, the word is often associated with covenant breaking, which was a grave offense in ancient societies that relied heavily on oaths and sworn agreements. The ubiquity and versatility of ba.gad highlight its importance in understanding the complex dynamics of human relationships, loyalty, and obligation in biblical cultures. By examining the numerous instances of this word, readers can gain insight into the social and moral landscapes of the time, as well as the writers' perceptions of faithfulness, honor, and deceit.
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If she doesn’t please her master, who has married her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her.
Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech,
Then they told Saul, saying, “Behold, the people are sinning against Yahweh, in that they eat meat with the blood.” He said, “You have dealt treacherously. Roll a large stone to me today!”
My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;
Yes, no one who waits for you will be shamed. They will be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.
You, Yahweh God of Armies, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish the nations. Show no mercy to the wicked traitors.
If I had said, “I will speak thus”; behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were twisted like a deceitful bow.
I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don’t observe your word.
But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.
The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.
By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things, but the unfaithful crave violence.
Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the unfaithful is hard.
The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, the treacherous for the upright.
Yahweh’s eyes watch over knowledge; but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.
Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a lame foot.
A grievous vision is declared to me. The treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam; attack! I have stopped all of Media’s sighing.
From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs. Glory to the righteous! But I said, “I pine away! I pine away! woe is me!” The treacherous have dealt treacherously. Yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.
Woe to you who destroy, but you weren’t destroyed, and who betray, but nobody betrayed you! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed; and when you have finished betrayal, you will be betrayed.
Yes, you didn’t hear. Yes, you didn’t know. Yes, from of old your ear was not opened, for I knew that you dealt very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb.
I saw when, for this very cause, that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister, had no fear; but she also went and played the prostitute.
Yahweh said to me, “Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
“Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so you have dealt treacherously with me, house of Israel,” says Yahweh.
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me,” says Yahweh.
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would like to reason the cause with you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are they all at ease who deal very treacherously?
For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you! Even they have cried aloud after you! Don’t believe them, though they speak beautiful words to you.
She weeps bitterly in the night. Her tears are on her cheeks. Among all her lovers she has no one to comfort her. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her. They have become her enemies.
They are unfaithful to Yahweh; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with their fields.
But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant. They were unfaithful to me, there.
You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously, and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,
Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous. An arrogant man who doesn’t stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol, and he is like death, and can’t be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all peoples.
Don’t we all have one father? Hasn’t one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of Yahweh which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
Yet you say, ‘Why?’ Because Yahweh has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion, and the wife of your covenant.
Did he not make you one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought godly offspring. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
One who hates and divorces”, says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “covers his garment with violence!” says Yahweh of Armies. “Therefore pay attention to your spirit, that you don’t be unfaithful.