KJV dictionary & concordance

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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KJV PCE

And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Luke 21:20 · retained source text

And when yee shall see Hierusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.

1611 marginal noteMatth. 24.15.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Embraced; surrounded; inclosed; obtained; imagined.

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