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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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First occurrence: Genesis 23:17

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Joshua 16:6
And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 16:6 · retained source text

And the border went out toward the Sea, to Michmethah on the Northside, and the border went about Eastward vnto Taanath Shiloh, and passed by it on the East to Ianohah:

Joshua 18:20
And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Joshua 18:20 · retained source text

And Iordane was the border of it on the East side: this was the inheritance of the children of Beniamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families.

Joshua 19:8
And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.
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1611 witness · Joshua 19:8 · retained source text

And all the villages that were round about these cities, to Baalath-Beer, Ramath of the South: This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

Joshua 21:11
And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 21:11 · retained source text

And they gaue them the citie of Arbah the father of Anak (which citie is Hebron) in the hill countrey of Iudah, with y e suburbs thereof round about it.

1611 marginal noteOr, Kiriath-arbah.

Joshua 21:42
These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities.
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1611 witness · Joshua 21:42 · retained source text

These cities were euery one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities.

Joshua 21:44
And the Lord gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand.
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1611 witness · Joshua 21:44 · retained source text

And the LORD gaue them rest round about, according to all that he sware vnto their fathers, and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them: the LORD deliuered all their enemies into their hand.

Joshua 23:1
AND it came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Joshua 23:1 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe, a long time after that the LORD had giuen rest vnto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Ioshua waxed old, and stricken in age.

1611 marginal noteHeb. come into dayes.

Judges 2:12
And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Judges 2:12 · retained source text

And they forsooke the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselues vnto them, and prouoked the LORD to anger.

Judges 2:14
¶ And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
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1611 witness · Judges 2:14 · retained source text

¶ And the anger of the LORD was hote against Israel, and he deliuered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.

1611 marginal notePsal. 44.12. isa. 50.1.

Judges 3:29
And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.
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1611 witness · Judges 3:29 · retained source text

And they slewe of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour, and there escaped not a man.

1611 marginal noteHeb. fat.

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