1 Kings 7:24
And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast.
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Compassing
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2 Chronicles 4:3
And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast.
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נָקַף
nâqaph · naw-kaf'
2 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.
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Strong's first: 1 Kings 7:24Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 4:3
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çâbab · saw-bab'
1 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: 1 Kings 7:24Strong's last: 1 Kings 7:24
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And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast.
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And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast.
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compassing
COMPASSING, participle present tense
1. Embracing; going round; inclosing; obtaining; accomplishing; imagining; intending.
2. In ship-building, incurvated; arched.
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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