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 they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
¶ And they iourneyed from mount Hor, by the way of the red sea, to compasse the land of Edom: and the soule of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
1611 marginal noteOr, grieued. Hebr. shortened.
And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.
And the border shall fetch a comcompasse from Azmon vnto the riuer of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.
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Historical English dictionary sources
circumference, circuit.
to go all round or all over.
