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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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Exodus 25:24
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 25:24 · retained source text

And thou shalt ouerlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crowne of gold round about.

Exodus 25:25
And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 25:25 · retained source text

And thou shalt make vnto it a border of an hand bredth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crowne to the border thereof round about.

Exodus 27:17
All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 27:17 · retained source text

All the pillars round about the Court shalbe filletted with siluer: their hookes shalbe of siluer, and their sockets of brasse.

Exodus 28:32
And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 28:32 · retained source text

And there shall bee an hole in the top of it, in the mids thereof: it shall haue a binding of wouen worke, round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.

Exodus 28:33
¶ And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 28:33 · retained source text

¶ And beneath vpon the hemme of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blew, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hemme thereof, and belles of gold betweene them round about.

1611 marginal noteOr, skirts.

Exodus 28:34
A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 28:34 · retained source text

A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, vpon the hemme of the robe round about.

Exodus 29:16
And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 29:16 · retained source text

And thou shalt slay the ramme, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about vpon the altar.

Exodus 29:20
Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 29:20 · retained source text

Then shalt thou kill the ramme, and take of his blood, and put it vpon the tip of the right eare of Aaron, and vpon the tip of the right eare of his sonnes, and vpon the thumbe of their right hand, and vpon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinckle the blood vpon the Altar round about.

Exodus 30:3
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 30:3 · retained source text

And thou shalt ouerlay it with pure gold, the top therof, and the sides thereof round about, and the hornes thereof: and thou shalt make vnto it a crowne of gold round about.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the roofe and the walls.

1611 marginal noteHeb. walls.

Exodus 32:28
And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 32:28 · retained source text

And the children of Leui did according to the word of Moses; and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

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