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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) In the form of, or bounded by, a circle; round.

2. (a.) repeating itself; ending in itself; reverting to the point of beginning; hence, illogical; inconclusive; as, circular reasoning.

3. (a.) Adhering to a fixed circle of legends; cyclic; hence, mean; inferior. See Cyclic.

4. (a.) Addressed to a circle, or to a number of persons having a common interest; circulated, or intended for circulation; as, a circular letter.

5. (a.) Perfect; complete.

6. (n.) A circular letter, or paper, usually printed, copies of which are addressed or given to various persons; as, a business circular.

7. (n.) A sleeveless cloak, cut in circular form.

Greek

5164. trochos -- a wheel
... 5164 (derived apparently from 5143 , "to run") -- properly, a (moving on a circular
track); (figuratively) a (circular course), representing the "moral axis ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5164.htm - 7k

2302. theatron -- a theater, a spectacle
... Transliteration: theatron Phonetic Spelling: (theh'-at-ron) Short Definition: a
theatre, spectacle Definition: (a) a theatre, a semi-circular stone building ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5696. agol -- round
agol or agol. 5695, 5696. agol or agol. 5697 . round. Transliteration: agol
or agol Phonetic Spelling: (aw-gole') Short Definition: circular. ...
/hebrew/5696.htm - 6k

7049. qala' -- to sling, hurl forth
... carve, sling out A primitive root: to sling: also to carve (as if a circular motion,
or into light forms) -- carve, sling (out). 7048, 7049. qala'. 7049a . ...
/hebrew/7049.htm - 5k

5439. sabib -- circuit, round about
... 1), all (1), all around (68), all around about (1), all sides (3), all* (2), altogether*
(1), around (114), around about (1), around* (1), circular courses (1 ...
/hebrew/5439.htm - 6k

2342. chuwl -- to whirl, dance, writhe
... Or chiyl {kheel}; a primitive root; properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or
spiral manner), ie (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of ...
/hebrew/2342.htm - 6k

2341. Chavilah -- a son of Cush, also a son of Joktan, also ...
... Havilah. Probably from chuwl; circular; Chavilah, the name of two or three eastern
regions; also perhaps of two men -- Havilah. see HEBREW chuwl. 2340, 2341. ...
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4570. magal -- an entrenchment, track
... Or feminine mapgalah {mah-gaw-law'}; from the same as agol; a track (literally or
figuratively); also a rampart (as circular) -- going, path, trench, way((-side ...
/hebrew/4570.htm - 6k

Library

Circular Letter.
... Circular Letter. To his fellow-ministers in every place, beloved
lords, Athanasius sends health in the Lord. ...
/.../athanasius/select works and letters or athanasius/circular letter.htm

Circular Letter to the Clergy of the Arch-Deaconry of Suffolk.
... Circular Letter to the Clergy of the Arch-Deaconry of Suffolk. My Worthy
Brethren, [82] ALTHOUGH it hath been my constant practice ...
/.../prideaux/directions to church-wardens/circular letter to the clergy.htm

Whether the Operation of Contemplation is Fittingly Divided into a ...
... OF THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE (EIGHT ARTICLES) Whether the operation of contemplation
is fittingly divided into a threefold movement, circular, straight and oblique ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the operation of contemplation.htm

Motion vindicated from the Charge of Irregularity; Circular ...
... Chapter VII."Motion Vindicated from the Charge of Irregularity; Circular; Straight;
Of Generation and Corruption; Of Alteration, and Quality Affecting Sense. ...
/.../alexander/of the manichaeans/chapter vii motion vindicated from the.htm

Second Tractate. The Heavenly Circuit.
... THE SECOND ENNEAD SECOND TRACTATE. THE HEAVENLY CIRCUIT. 1. But whence that
circular movement? In imitation of the Intellectual-Principle. ...
/.../plotinus/the six enneads/second tractate the heavenly circuit.htm

Whether an Actually Infinite Magnitude Can Exist?
... But it is not against the nature of time and movement to be infinite, since every
determinate indivisible in time and circular movement is both a beginning and ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether an actually infinite magnitude.htm

The General Conference of 1808
... Though this proposition was not agreeable to the American preachers, and therefore
was not acceded to by them in their reply to Dr. Coke's circular, yet it ...
/.../chapter 7 the general conference.htm

Introduction to Apologia Contra Arianos.
... Circular of Egyptian bishops reciting the election of Athanasius, the plots and
charges against him, the history of the Mareotic Commission, the testimony ...
/.../introduction to apologia contra arianos.htm

Changed Conditions
... of society affected a style similar to that of an English schoolgirl, the flowing
locks reaching to the shoulders and held from the face by a circular comb. ...
/.../the fulfilment of a dream of pastor hsis/chapter xx changed conditions.htm

To the Editors of El Espanol
... moment been directed by a friend to a letter which appeared in your journal of the
5th instant, signed Jose Francisco Garcia and prefixed to a circular of the ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/borrow/letters of george borrow/to the editors of el.htm

Thesaurus

Circular (5 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) repeating itself; ending in itself; reverting to the point of beginning;
hence, illogical; inconclusive; as, circular reasoning. ...
/c/circular.htm - 8k

Ring (33 Occurrences)
... 11. (n.) A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned. 12. (n.) A circle, or a circular
line, or anything in the form of a circular line or hoop. 13. ...
/r/ring.htm - 24k

Round (664 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant
from the center; spherical; circular; having a form approaching a spherical ...
/r/round.htm - 40k

Wheel (20 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk, whether solid,
or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or nave ...
/w/wheel.htm - 18k

Circumference (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The boundary that goes encompasses a circular
figure; a periphery. 2. (n.) A circle; anything circular. ...
/c/circumference.htm - 7k

Lampstand (38 Occurrences)
... This transformation is seen in lamps of the Seleucid period, or from around 300
BC These lamps have usually a circular foot and sometimes a string-hole on one ...
/l/lampstand.htm - 24k

Whirlwind (33 Occurrences)
... ce`arah (2 Kings 2:1 Job 38:1; Job 40:6 Isaiah 40:24; Isaiah 41:16 Zechariah 9:14)):
When two currents from opposite directions meet, a circular motion results ...
/w/whirlwind.htm - 19k

Turn (963 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular
motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially ...
/t/turn.htm - 41k

Laodiceans (2 Occurrences)
... LAODICEA DISPLACED BY EPHESUS 1. A Circular Epistle 2. Proof from Biblical Prologues
IV. ... 1. A Circular Epistle: How then did Ephesus displace Laodicea? ...
/l/laodiceans.htm - 28k

Lamp (45 Occurrences)
... This transformation is seen in lamps of the Seleucid period, or from around 300
BC These lamps have usually a circular foot and sometimes a string-hole on one ...
/l/lamp.htm - 28k

Bible Concordance

Circular (5 Occurrences)

1 Kings 7:23 He made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encircled it.
(See NAS NIV)

1 Kings 7:31 The mouth of it within the capital and above was a cubit: and its mouth was round after the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also on its mouth were engravings, and their panels were foursquare, not round.
(See NIV)

1 Kings 7:35 And in the top of the base there was a circular elevation of half a cubit round about; and on the top of the base its stays and its panels were of the same.
(DBY NAS NIV)

2 Chronicles 4:2 Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass; and its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encircled it.
(See NAS NIV)

Ecclesiastes 1:6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it turneth about continually in its circuit, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Circular

Related Terms

Ring (33 Occurrences)

Round (664 Occurrences)

Wheel (20 Occurrences)

Circumference (4 Occurrences)

Lampstand (38 Occurrences)

Whirlwind (33 Occurrences)

Turn (963 Occurrences)

Laodiceans (2 Occurrences)

Lamp (45 Occurrences)