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compassed

Meaning of “compassed”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of compass, meaning to go around, surround, enclose, or encircle.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
44 occurrences42 verses15 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 19:4

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2 Chronicles 18:31
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And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 18:31 · retained source text

And it came to passe when the captaines of the charets saw Iehoshaphat, that they sayd, It is the king of Israel: therefore they compassed about him to fight. But Iehoshaphat cryed out, and the LORD helped him, and God moued them to depart from him.

2 Chronicles 21:9
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Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 21:9 · retained source text

Then Iehoram went forth with his Princes, and all his charets with him: and he rose vp by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captaines of the charets.

1611 marginal note2.King. 8.21.

2 Chronicles 33:14
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Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 33:14 · retained source text

Now after this, hee built a wall without the citie of Dauid, on the Westside of Gihon, in the valley, euen to the entring in at the fish-gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it vp a very great height, and put captaines of warre in all the fenced cities of Iudah.

1611 marginal noteOr, the tower.

Complete reference index — all 42 verses
Genesis 19:4Deuteronomy 2:1Deuteronomy 2:3Joshua 6:11Joshua 6:14Joshua 6:15Joshua 15:10Joshua 18:14Judges 11:18Judges 16:21 Samuel 23:262 Samuel 18:152 Samuel 22:52 Samuel 22:62 Kings 6:142 Kings 6:152 Kings 8:212 Chronicles 18:312 Chronicles 21:92 Chronicles 33:14Job 19:6Job 26:10Psalms 17:11Psalms 18:4Psalms 18:5Psalms 22:12Psalms 22:16Psalms 40:12Psalms 88:17Psalms 109:3Psalms 116:3Psalms 118:10Psalms 118:11Psalms 118:12Lamentations 3:5Jonah 2:3Jonah 2:5Luke 21:20Hebrews 5:2Hebrews 11:30Hebrews 12:1Revelation 20:9

Where “compassed” appears

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Genesis1 occurrence
1 verseDeuteronomy2 occurrences
2 versesJoshua6 occurrences
5 versesJudges2 occurrences
2 verses1 Samuel1 occurrence
1 verse2 Samuel3 occurrences
3 verses2 Kings3 occurrences
3 verses2 Chronicles3 occurrences
3 versesJob2 occurrences
2 versesPsalms13 occurrences
12 versesLamentations1 occurrence
1 verseJonah2 occurrences
2 versesLuke1 occurrence
1 verseHebrews3 occurrences
3 versesRevelation1 occurrence
1 verse

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Definition evidence

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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Embraced; surrounded; inclosed; obtained; imagined.

volume 1, leaf 439, column 1 (entry starts at OCR line 7)