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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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Showing verses 551–560 of 594 · 632 word occurrences in this result

Acts 22:6
And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 22:6 · retained source text

And it came to passe, that as I made my iourney, & was come nigh vnto Damascus about noone, suddenly there shone from heauen a great light round about me.

Acts 24:6
Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 24:6 · retained source text

Who also hath gone about to profane the Temple: whom we tooke, and would haue iudged according to our lawe.

Acts 25:7
And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 25:7 · retained source text

And when hee was come, the Iewes which came downe from Hierusalem, stood round about, and laide many and grieuous complaints against Paul, which they could not proue,

Acts 25:15
about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 25:15 · retained source text

About whom when I was at Hierusalem, the chiefe Priests and the Elders of the Iewes enformed me, desiring to haue iudgement against him.

Acts 25:24
And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 25:24 · retained source text

And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are heere present with vs, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Iewes haue dealt with me, both at Hierusalem, and also heere, crying that he ought not to liue any longer.

Acts 26:13
At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 26:13 · retained source text

At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heauen, aboue the brightnes of the Sunne, shining round about mee, and them which iourneyed with me.

Acts 26:21
For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 26:21 · retained source text

For these causes the Iewes caught mee in the Temple, and went about to kill me.

Acts 27:27
But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 27:27 · retained source text

But when the fourteenth night was come, as wee were driuen vp and downe in Adria about midnight, the shipmen deemed that they drew neere to some countrey:

Acts 27:30
And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 27:30 · retained source text

And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let downe the boat into the sea, vnder colour as though they would haue cast ancres out of the fore-ship,

Romans 4:19
And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Romans 4:19 · retained source text

And being not weake in faith, hee considered not his owne body now dead, when hee was about an hundred yere old, neither yet the deadnes of Saraes wombe.

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