KJV dictionary & concordance

about

Meaning of “about”

1. Around or near in place, position, or movement; on every side, in a circuit, from place to place, or turned from one direction or state toward another. 2. Approximately in number, measure, distance, or time. 3. Concerning, occupied with, or engaged in a matter. 4. On the point of, intending, or attempting an action.

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632 occurrences594 verses50 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 23:17

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Deuteronomy 6:14

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Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Deuteronomy 6:14 · retained source text

Yee shall not goe after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you:

Deuteronomy 12:10

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But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the Lord your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;

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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 12:10 · retained source text

But when yee goe ouer Iordan, and dwel in the land which the LORD your God giueth you to inherite, and when he giueth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety:

Deuteronomy 13:7

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Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;

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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 13:7 · retained source text

Namely of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh vnto thee, or farre off from thee, from the one end of the earth, euen vnto the other end of the earth:

Deuteronomy 17:14

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¶ When thou art come unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;

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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 17:14 · retained source text

¶ When thou art come vnto the land which the LORD thy God giueth thee, and shalt possesse it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a King ouer mee, like as all the nations that are about me:

Deuteronomy 21:2

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Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:

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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 21:2 · retained source text

Then thy Elders and thy Iudges shall come forth, and they shall measure vnto the cities which are round about him that is slaine.

Deuteronomy 25:19

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Therefore it shall be, when the Lord thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.

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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 25:19 · retained source text

Therefore it shall bee when the LORD thy God hath giuen thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giueth thee for an inheritance to possesse it; that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from vnder heauen: thou shalt not forget it.

Deuteronomy 31:21

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And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.

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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 31:21 · retained source text

And it shall come to passe, when many euils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testifie against them as a witnesse: for it shall not bee forgotten out of the mouthes of their seed: for I know their imagination which they goe about euen now, before I haue brought them into the land, which I sware.

1611 marginal noteHebr. before.

1611 marginal noteHebr. doe.