KJV dictionary & concordance
1. To go around, surround, enclose, or encircle. 2. A circuit, circumference, boundary, or roundabout route. 3. An instrument used to mark or draw a circle.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Exodus 27:5
Complete exact-word concordance
And when David inquired of the Lord, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
And when Dauid enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not goe vp: but fetch a compasse behinde them, and come vpon them ouer against the Mulbery trees.
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Historical English dictionary sources
circumference, circuit.
to go all round or all over.
