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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encompass.

Greek

4014. periaireo -- to take away (that which surrounds)
... 4014 (from 4012 , "all-around, encompassing" and 138 , "to take, separate") -- properly,
separate, remove (, ); leave behind (in "all directions"; note the ...
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4023. periecho -- to surround
... seize. 4023 (from 4012 , "encompassing" and 2192 , "have") -- properly,
have all-around, ie encompass (encircle); " contained" (). ...
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4036. perilupos -- very sad
... 4036 (an adjective, derived from 4012 , "encompassing" and 3077 , "sorrow") --
properly, being sorrowful "all-around," ie in sorrow. ...
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2139. euperistatos -- easily encircling
... 2139 (from 2095 , "well"; 4012 , "all-around"; and 2476 , "stand") -- properly,
well-planted all-around, describing what is encompassing (encircling), ie ...
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4012. peri -- about, concerning, around (denotes place, cause or ...
... 4012 (a preposition) -- properly, all-around (on every side); encompassing,
used of () consideration where "all the bases are covered" (). ...
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4041. periousios -- of one's own possession
... chosen. 4041 (from 4012 , "all-around, encompassing" and 1511 , "being,
to exist") -- properly, what exists in () and hence of . ...
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4026. periistemi -- to stand around, turn around (to avoid)
... 4026 (from 4012 , "encompassing" and 2476 , "stand") -- properly, stand -around;
"originally, 'to place round; to stand round.' It is in the Greek voice which ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4141. musab -- perhaps encompassing, surrounding
... 4140b, 4141. musab. 4142 . perhaps encompassing, surrounding. Transliteration:
musab Phonetic Spelling: (moo-sawb') Short Definition: surrounding. ...
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5439. sabib -- circuit, round about
... 1), around (114), around about (1), around* (1), circular courses (1), circumference*
(2), completely (1), confines (1), encompassing (1), entirely (1 ...
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Library

The Tenth Book Discusses the Unattainable and Incomprehensible
... For truly He is at the same time a "door of encompassing [931] " and a "house of
defence [932] " as David calls Him, and through Himself He receives them that ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 1 the tenth book.htm

The Ark among the Flags
... by the margin of the Nile, so many years ago, is but one transient instance of the
working of the power which secures deliverance from encompassing perils, and ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the ark among the flags.htm

The Nativity
... Thick sown, we see such countless worlds of light! Thou moon, whose car, encompassing
the skies,. Restores lost nature to our wondering eyes; ...
/.../translations from the french of madame de la mothe guion/the nativity.htm

The Exile --Continued.
... But the general idea of the encompassing shelter of God has just been set forth
in the magnificent imagery of the previous verse as the tabernacle, the secret ...
//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/the life of david/viii the exilecontinued.htm

What the Traditional Number of the Angels Signifies.
... is given to them in profusion by the supremely Divine and Omniscient Framer of Wisdom,
and essentiating Cause and connecting Force, and encompassing Term of ...
/.../dionysius/on the heavenly hierarchy/caput xiv what the traditional.htm

The Son of the Murket
... Her zone was a broad braid of golden cords, girdling her beneath the breast,
encompassing her again about the hips, and fastened at last in front by a diamond ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xvii the son of.htm

In Endeavouring to Prove that Such Intercession Derives Some ...
... delegated the office of superintending our salvation, to whom has been assigned
the province of guiding us in all our ways, of encompassing, admonishing, and ...
/.../of prayer--a perpetual exercise of faith/chapter 23 in endeavouring to.htm

To Brother Bartolomeo Dominici of the Order of the Preachers when ...
... to the coming of the Spirit and the perpetual support of the soul in the Sacrament
of the Altar, is to her a revelation of the One encompassing Love, poured ...
/.../benincasa/letters of catherine benincasa/to brother bartolomeo dominici of.htm

Now, when the People of Sepphoris Had, in So Surprising a Manner.. ...
... the plain against the horsemen, and we had undergone the dangers of it courageously
for a long time, we were beaten; for upon the Romans encompassing me about ...
/.../josephus/the life of flavius josephus/section 71 now when the.htm

The Guiding Pillar
... the weary march was still, recurs all through the history of Old Testament revelation
by type and prophecy and ceremony, in which the encompassing cloud was ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the guiding pillar.htm

Thesaurus

Encompassing (6 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Encompassing (6 Occurrences). Joshua 6:3 And ye shall
go round the city, all the men of war, encompassing the city once. ...
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Enclosing (3 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 7:24 And under the brim of it round about there were colocynths, encompassing
it, ten in a cubit enclosing the sea round about; two rows of colocynths ...
/e/enclosing.htm - 7k

Encompassed (34 Occurrences)
... (WBS). 2 Chronicles 4:3 And under it was the similitude of oxen, which
encompassed it: ten in a cubit, encompassing the sea. Two ...
/e/encompassed.htm - 15k

Encounter (10 Occurrences)

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Offset (3 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 41:7 The side chambers were broader as they encompassed the house higher
and higher; for the encompassing of the house went higher and higher around ...
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Enlargement (7 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 41:7 The side chambers were broader as they encompassed the house higher
and higher; for the encompassing of the house went higher and higher around ...
/e/enlargement.htm - 10k

Encompasseth (5 Occurrences)

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Encompass (20 Occurrences)
... (vt) To surround closely; to encircle; to enclose; as, a ring encompasses the finger;
an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world. ...
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Precinct (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) The limit or exterior line encompassing a place; a boundary; a confine;
limit of jurisdiction or authority; -- often in the plural; as, the precincts ...
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Broader (3 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 41:7 The side chambers were broader as they encompassed the house higher
and higher; for the encompassing of the house went higher and higher around ...
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Bible Concordance

Encompassing (6 Occurrences)

Joshua 6:3 And ye shall go round the city, all the men of war, encompassing the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
(DBY)

Joshua 6:11 And the ark of Jehovah went round the city, encompassing it once; and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
(DBY)

1 Kings 6:5 Against the wall of the house he built stories all around, against the walls of the house all around, both of the temple and of the oracle; and he made side chambers all around.
(See NAS)

1 Kings 7:24 And under the brim of it round about there were colocynths, encompassing it, ten in a cubit enclosing the sea round about; two rows of colocynths, cast when it was cast.
(DBY)

2 Chronicles 4:3 And under it was the similitude of oxen, encompassing it round about, ten in a cubit enclosing the sea round about, two rows of oxen, cast when it was cast.
(DBY WBS YLT)

Ezekiel 41:7 The side chambers were broader as they encompassed the house higher and higher; for the encompassing of the house went higher and higher around the house: therefore the breadth of the house continued upward; and so one went up from
(WEB ASV)

Subtopics

Encompassing

Related Terms

Enclosing (3 Occurrences)

Encompassed (34 Occurrences)

Encounter (10 Occurrences)

Offset (3 Occurrences)

Enlargement (7 Occurrences)

Encompasseth (5 Occurrences)

Encompass (20 Occurrences)

Precinct (1 Occurrence)

Broader (3 Occurrences)