Genesis 19:4
But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
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Compassed
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Revelation 20:9
And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
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13 occurrences in 12 verses.
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סָבַב
çâbab · saw-bab'
17 times translated as this KJV form162 total Strong's occurrences
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
Strong's KJV usage: bring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, × whirl, × round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, × circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, round), drive, environ, × on every side, beset (close, come, compass, go, stand) round about, inclose, remove, return, set, sit down, turn (self) (about, aside, away, back).
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Strong's first: Genesis 19:4Strong's last: Jonah 2:3
Open full H5437 profile →אָפַף
ʼâphaph · aw-faf'
4 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
to surround
Strong's KJV usage: compass.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 22:5Strong's last: Psalms 116:3
Open full H661 profile →נָקַף
nâqaph · naw-kaf'
4 times translated as this KJV form20 total Strong's occurrences
to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
Strong's KJV usage: compass (about, -ing), cut down, destroy, go round (about), inclose, round.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Kings 6:14Strong's last: Lamentations 3:5
Open full H5362 profile →κυκλόω
kyklóō · koo-klo'-o
3 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
to encircle, i.e. surround
Strong's KJV usage: :--compass (about), come (stand) round about.
Strong's first: Luke 21:20Strong's last: Revelation 20:9
Open full G2944 profile →חוּג
chûwg · khoog
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
to describe a circle
Strong's KJV usage: compass.
Strong's first: Job 26:10Strong's last: Job 26:10
Open full H2328 profile →עָטַר
ʻâṭar · aw-tar'
1 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
to encircle (for attack or protection); especially to crown (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: compass, crown.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 23:26Strong's last: 1 Samuel 23:26
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G2944
And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
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compassed
COMPASSED, participle passive Embraced; surrounded; inclosed; obtained; imagined.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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