Words the Bible translates as surround
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 9 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- savavסָבַבto surround: close in around someone or something on every side
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- to turn: change the direction one is facing or moving, or send something a roundabout way
- to go around: move in a circuit or circle around something, or run around a thing as a rim does
- to turn something over: hand it on, transfer it, or change it into something else
- kukloōκυκλόωto surroundnot studied yet
- naqaphנָקַףto go around: to encircle something completely, close a ring around it, or bring a cycle full circle
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- to strike down: to cut down or hack away, as an axe fells standing timber
- perikukloōπερικυκλόωto surroundnot studied yet
- perikeimaiπερίκειμαιto lie all around someone or something: to surround, encircle, or be worn like a thing wrapped about the body
- atarעָטַרto close a ring around someone: to encircle a person so that they are hemmed in, or hedged in on every side
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- to crown someone: to set a crown or wreath on a person's head, or to grant them one
- katarכָּתַרto surroundnot studied yet
- aphaphאָפַףto surround and close in on someone from every side, until they are trapped or overwhelmed
- ḥadarחָדַרto surroundnot studied yet
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