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Lexicon :: Strong's G2944 - kykloō

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κυκλόω
Transliteration
kykloō (Key)
Pronunciation
koo-klo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as κύκλῳ (G2945)
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Strong’s Definitions

†κυκλόω kyklóō, koo-klo'-o; from the same as G2945; to encircle, i.e. surround:—compass (about), come (stand) round about.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G2944 in the following manner: compass about (2x), compass (1x), come round about (1x), stand round about (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G2944 in the following manner: compass about (2x), compass (1x), come round about (1x), stand round about (1x).

  1. to go around, lead around

  2. to surround, encircle, encompass

    1. of persons standing around

    2. of besiegers

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†κυκλόω kyklóō, koo-klo'-o; from the same as G2945; to encircle, i.e. surround:—compass (about), come (stand) round about.
STRONGS G2944:
κυκλόω, κύκλῳ: 1 aorist ἐκύκλωσα; passive, present participle κυκλουμενος; 1 aorist participle κυκλωθεις; (κύκλος); the Sept. chiefly for סָבַב;
1. to go round, lead round (Pindar, Euripides, Polybius, others).
2. to surround, encircle, encompass: of persons standing round, τινα, John 10:24 (Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading ἐκύκλευσαν (which see)); Acts 14:20; of besiegers (often so in secular authors and in the Sept.), Luke 21:20; Hebrews 11:30, and R G Tr in Revelation 20:9. (Compare: περικυκλόω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
21:20
John
10:24
Acts
14:20
Hebrews
11:30
Revelation
20:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2944 matches the Greek κυκλόω (kykloō),
which occurs 67 times in 65 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 2 / 2 (Ecc 9:14–Zec 14:10)

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:14 - There was a little city with few men in it, and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:5 - they are afraid also of what is high, and terrors are in the way; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along,[fn] and desire fails, because man is going to his eternal home, and the mourners go about the streets—

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:2 - I will rise now and go about the city,
in the streets and in the squares;
I will seek him whom my soul loves.
I sought him, but found him not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:3 - The watchmen found me
as they went about in the city.
“Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:7 - The watchmen found me
as they went about in the city;
they beat me, they bruised me,
they took away my veil,
those watchmen of the walls.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:3 - And I will encamp against you all around,
and will besiege you with towers
and I will raise siegeworks against you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:33

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:33 - “Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city or shoot an arrow there or come before it with a shield or cast up a siege mound against it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:5 - he has besieged and enveloped me
with bitterness and tribulation;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:17 - The ledge also shall be square, fourteen cubits long by fourteen broad, with a rim around it half a cubit broad, and its base one cubit all around. The steps of the altar shall face east.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:2 - But they do not consider
that I remember all their evil.
Now their deeds surround them;
they are before my face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:12 - [fn] Ephraim has surrounded me with lies,
and the house of Israel with deceit,
but Judah still walks with God
and is faithful to the Holy One.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:3 - For you cast me into the deep,
into the heart of the seas,
and the flood surrounded me;
all your waves and your billows
passed over me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:5 - The waters closed in over me to take my life;
the deep surrounded me;
weeds were wrapped about my head

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:16 - You will have your fill of shame instead of glory.
Drink, yourself, and show your uncircumcision!
The cup in the LORD’s right hand
will come around to you,
and utter shame will come upon your glory!

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:10 - The whole land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. But Jerusalem shall remain aloft on its site from the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the former gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s winepresses.

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