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Greek G4022 periérchomai

Original: περιέρχομαι

Meaning:
from περί and ἔρχομαι (including its alternate); to come all around, i.e. stroll, vacillate, veer:--fetch a compass, vagabond, wandering about.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: to come all around, i.e. stroll, vacillate, veer:--fetch a compass, vagabond, wandering about.

Hebrew H247 ʼâzar

Original: אָזַר

Meaning:
a primitive root; to belt; bind (compass) about, gird (up, with).

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: bind (compass) about, gird (up, with).

Hebrew H661 ʼâphaph

Original: אָפַף

Meaning:
a primitive root; to surround; compass.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: compass.

Hebrew H2219 zârâh

Original: זָרָה

Meaning:
a primitive root (compare זוּר); to toss about; by implication, to diffuse, winnow; cast away, compass, disperse, fan, scatter (away), spread, strew, winnow.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: cast away, compass, disperse, fan, scatter (away), spread, strew, winnow.

Hebrew H2328 chûwg

Original: חוּג

Meaning:
a primitive root (compare חָגַג); to describe a circle; compass.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: compass.

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Hebrew H2329 chûwg

Original: חוּג

Meaning:
from חוּג; a circle; circle, circuit, compass.

Hebrew H3749 karkôb

Original: כַּרְכֹּב

Meaning:
expanded from the same as כַּבּוֹן; a rim or top margin; compass.

Hebrew H3803 kâthar

Original: כָּתַר

Meaning:
a primitive root; to enclose; hence (in a friendly sense) to crown, (in a hostile one) to besiege; also to wait (as restraining oneself); beset round, compass about, be crowned inclose round, suffer.

Hebrew H4230 mᵉchûwgâh

Original: מְחוּגָה

Meaning:
from חוּג; an instrument for marking a circle, i.e. compasses; compass.

Hebrew H4524 mêçab

Original: מֵסַב

Meaning:
plural masculine מְסִבִּים; or feminine מְסִבּוֹת; from סָבַב; a divan (as enclosing the room); abstractly (adverbial) around; that compass about, (place) round about, at table.

Hebrew H5362 nâqaph

Original: נָקַף

Meaning:
a primitive root; to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate; compass (about, -ing), cut down, destroy, go round (about), inclose, round.

Hebrew H5439 çâbîyb

Original: סָבִיב

Meaning:
or (feminine) סְבִיבָה; from סָבַב; (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around; (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.

Hebrew H5849 ʻâṭar

Original: עָטַר

Meaning:
a primitive root; to encircle (for attack or protection); especially to crown (literally or figuratively); compass, crown.

Hebrew H6059 ʻânaq

Original: עָנַק

Meaning:
a primitive root; properly, to choke; used only as denominative from עָנָק,; to collar, i.e. adorn with anecklace; figuratively, to fit out with supplies; compass about as a chain, furnish, liberally.

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^{Exodus 27:5} And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar. Open

^{Exodus 38:4} And he made for the altar a brazen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it. Open

^{Numbers 21:4} And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. Open

^{Numbers 34:5} And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea. Open

^{Joshua 6:3} And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. Open

^{Joshua 6:4} And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. Open

^{Joshua 6:7} And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD. Open

^{Joshua 15:3} And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa: Open

^{2 Samuel 5:23} And when David inquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. Open

^{1 Kings 7:15} For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. Open

^{1 Kings 7:23} And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. Open

^{1 Kings 7:35} And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same. Open

^{2 Kings 3:9} So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them. Open

^{2 Kings 11:8} And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in. Open

^{2 Chronicles 4:2} Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. Open

^{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. Open

^{2 Chronicles 23:7} And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out. Open

^{Job 16:13} His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground. Open

^{Job 40:22} The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about. Open

^{Psalm 5:12} For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield. Open

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^{Psalm 7:7} So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high. Open

^{Psalm 17:9} From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about. Open

^{Psalm 26:6} I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD: Open

^{Psalm 32:7} Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. Open

^{Psalm 32:10} Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about. Open

^{Psalm 49:5} Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? Open

^{Psalm 140:9} As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. Open

^{Psalm 142:7} Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me. Open

^{Proverbs 8:27} When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: Open

^{Isaiah 44:13} The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house. Open

^{Isaiah 50:11} Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow. Open

^{Jeremiah 31:22} How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man. Open

^{Jeremiah 31:39} And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath. Open

^{Jeremiah 52:21} And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow. Open

^{Habakkuk 1:4} Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth. Open

^{Matthew 23:15} Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. Open

^{Luke 19:43} For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, Open

^{Acts 28:13} And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli: Open

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