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compassed

Meaning of “compassed”

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

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

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First occurrence: Genesis 19:4

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Revelation 20:9
And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
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1611 witness · Revelation 20:9 · retained source text

And they went vp on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the campe of the Saints about, and the beloued citie: and fire came downe from God out of heauen, and deuoured them.

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Embraced; surrounded; inclosed; obtained; imagined.

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