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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Hebrews 12:1

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WHEREFORE seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Hebrews 12:1 · retained source text

¶ Wherefore, seeing wee also are compassed about with so great a cloude of witnesses, let vs lay aside euery weight, & the sinne which doth so easily beset vs, and let vs runne with patience vnto the race that is set before vs,

Revelation 20:9

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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.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

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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Where “compassed” appears

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Genesis1 occurrence
1 verse Deuteronomy2 occurrences
2 verses Joshua6 occurrences
5 verses Judges2 occurrences
2 verses 1 Samuel1 occurrence
1 verse 2 Samuel3 occurrences
3 verses 2 Kings3 occurrences
3 verses 2 Chronicles3 occurrences
3 verses Job2 occurrences
2 verses Psalms13 occurrences
12 verses Lamentations1 occurrence
1 verse Jonah2 occurrences
2 verses Luke1 occurrence
1 verse Hebrews3 occurrences
3 verses Revelation1 occurrence
1 verse

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Definition evidence

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Genesis 19:4 Joshua 6:15 Judges 16:2 1 Samuel 23:26 2 Kings 6:14 2 Chronicles 21:9 Psalms 22:16 Joshua 6:11 Job 19:8 Job 19:12 Psalms 17:10 Psalms 17:11 Joshua 15:10 2 Samuel 22:5 Psalms 18:4 Psalms 109:3 Jonah 2:3 Revelation 20:9

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)