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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Revelation 7:11
And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
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עָגֹל
ʻâgôl · aw-gole'
6 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
circular
Strong's KJV usage: round.
Strong's first: 1 Kings 7:23Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 4:2
Open full H5696 profile →סָבַב
çâbab · saw-bab'
2 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).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 19:4Strong's last: Joshua 7:9
Open full H5437 profile →περικυκλόω
perikyklóō · per-ee-koo-klo'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to encircle all around, i.e. blockade completely
Strong's KJV usage: :--compass round.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 19:43Strong's last: Luke 19:43
Open full G4033 profile →περιτίθημι
peritíthēmi · per-ee-tith'-ay-mee
1 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
to place around; by implication, to present
Strong's KJV usage: :--bestow upon, hedge round about, put about (on, upon), set about.
Strong's first: Matthew 21:33Strong's last: Matthew 21:33
Open full G4060 profile →כָּתַר
kâthar · kaw-thar'
1 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
to enclose; hence (in a friendly sense) to crown, (in a hostile one) to besiege; also to wait (as restraining oneself)
Strong's KJV usage: beset round, compass about, be crowned, inclose round, suffer.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 22:12Strong's last: Psalms 22:12
Open full H3803 profile →נָקַף
nâqaph · naw-kaf'
1 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: Leviticus 19:27Strong's last: Leviticus 19:27
Open full H5362 profile →סַהַר
çahar · cah'-har
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
roundness
Strong's KJV usage: round.
Strong's first: Song of Solomon 7:2Strong's last: Song of Solomon 7:2
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H5437
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:
no direct Strong's tag
And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure
no direct Strong's tag
And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
no direct Strong's tag
For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
no direct Strong's tag
And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
no direct Strong's tag
And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.
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And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.
no direct Strong's tag
And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
no direct Strong's tag
And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:
no direct Strong's tag
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
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And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
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And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
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And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
no direct Strong's tag
All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.
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And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.
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And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:
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And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:
no direct Strong's tag
A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.
no direct Strong's tag
And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.
no direct Strong's tag
Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
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And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.
no direct Strong's tag
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.
no direct Strong's tag
And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.
no direct Strong's tag
And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round about.
no direct Strong's tag
Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about.
English meaning and historical usage.
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round
ROUND, adjective
1. Cylindrical; circular; spherical or globular. round is applicable to a cylinder as well as to a globe or sphere. We say, the barrel of a musket is round; a ball is round; a circle is round
2. Full; large; as a round sum or price.
3. Full; smooth; flowing; not defective or abrupt.
In his satires, Horace is quick, round and pleasant.
His style, though round and comprehensive -
4. Plain; open; candid; fair.
ROUND dealing is the honor of man's nature.
Let her be round with him.
5. Full; quick; brisk; as a round trot.
6. Full; plump; bold; positive; as a round assertion.
A round number, is a number that ends with a cipher, and may be divided by 10 without a remainder; a complete or full number. It is remarkable that the W. cant, a hundred, the Latin centum, and Sax. hund, signify properly a circle, and this use of round may have originated in a like idea.
ROUND, noun
1. A circle; a circular thing, or a circle in motion.
With rounds of waxen tapers on their heads.
Knit your hands, and beat the ground in a light fantastic round
2. Action or performance in a circle, or passing through a series of hands or things and coming to the point of beginning; or the time of such action.
Women to cards may be compared; we play a round or two; when used, we throw away.
The feast was serv'd; the bowl was crown'd; to the king's pleasure went the mirthful round
So we say, a round of labors or duties.
We run the daily round
3. Rotation in office; succession in vicissitude.
4. A rundle; the step of a ladder.
All the rounds like Jacob's ladder rise.
5. A walk performed by a guard or an officer round the rampart of a garrison, or among sentinels, to see that the sentinels are faithful and all things safe. Hence the officer and men who perform this duty are called the rounds.
6. A dance; a song; a roundelay, or a species of fugue.
7. A general discharge of fire-arms by a body of troops, in which each soldier fires once. In volleys, it is usual for a company or regiment to fire three rounds.
A round of cartridges and balls, one cartridge to each man; as, to supply a regiment with a single round or with twelve rounds of cartridges.
ROUND, adverb
1. On all sides.
Thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round Luke 19:43.
2. Circularly; in a circular form; as, a wheel turns round
3. From one side or party to another; as, to come or turn round Hence these expressions signify to change sides or opinions.
4. Not in a direct line; by a course longer than the direct course. The shortest course is not the best; let us go round
All round in common speech, denotes over the whole place, or in every direction.
ROUND about is tautological.
ROUND, preposition
1. On every side of; as, the people stood round him; the sun sheds light round the earth. In this sense, around is much used, and all is often used to modify the word. They stood all round or around him.
2. About; in a circular course, or in all parts; as, to go round the city. He led his guest round his fields and garden. he wanders round the world.
3. Circularly; about; as, to wind a cable round the windlass.
To come or get round one, in popular language, is to gain advantage over one by flattery or deception; to circumvent.
ROUND, verb transitive
1. To make circular, spherical or cylindrical; as, to round a silver coin; to round the edges of any thing.
Worms with many feet, that round themselves into balls, are bred chiefly under logs of timber.
2. To surround; to encircle; to encompass.
Th' inclusive verge of golden metal that must round my brow.
Our little life is rounded with a sleep.
3. To form to the arch or figure of the section of a circle.
The figures on our modern medals are raised and rounded to very great perfection.
4. To move about any thing; as, the sun, in polar regions, rounds the horizon.
5. To make full, smooth and flowing; as, to round periods in writing.
To round in, among seamen, to pull upon a slack rope, which passes through one or more blocks in a direction nearly horizontal.
ROUND, verb intransitive
1. To grow or become round
The queen, your mother, rounds space.
2. To go round as a guard.
- They nightly rounding walk.
To round to, in sailing, is to turn the head of the ship towards the wind.
ROUND, verb intransitive To whisper; as, to round in the ear. obsolete
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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