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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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:
Read in context →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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çâbab · saw-bab'
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).
Strong's first: Genesis 19:4Strong's last: Jonah 2:3
Open full H5437 profile →ʼâphaph · aw-faf'
to surround
Strong's KJV usage: compass.
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 22:5Strong's last: Psalms 116:3
Open full H661 profile →nâqaph · naw-kaf'
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.
Strong's first: 2 Kings 6:14Strong's last: Lamentations 3:5
Open full H5362 profile →kyklóō · koo-klo'-o
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 →chûwg · khoog
to describe a circle
Strong's KJV usage: compass.
Strong's first: Job 26:10Strong's last: Job 26:10
Open full H2328 profile →ʻâṭar · aw-tar'
to encircle (for attack or protection); especially to crown (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: compass, crown.
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 23:26Strong's last: 1 Samuel 23:26
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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:
Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.
Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.
So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.
And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.
Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.
And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.
And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.
And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.
When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.
And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.
Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots.
Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.
Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
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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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