2 Samuel 22:6
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
The ‖sorowes of Hell compassed me about: the snares of death preuented me.
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- ‖Alternative wordingOr, coards.
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2 Samuel 22:6
Griefs, pains, afflictions, or causes of distress.
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Sense 1: A place beneath, associated with the dead, destruction, and confinement. Sense 2: The place of punishment and torment, described as hell fire and fire that never shall be quenched. Sense 3: By figure, the depths, pains, or destructive power of death and overwhelming affliction.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of compass, meaning to go around, surround, enclose, or encircle.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. Around or near in place, position, or movement; on every side, in a circuit, from place to place, or turned from one direction or state toward another. 2. Approximately in number, measure, distance, or time. 3. Concerning, occupied with, or engaged in a matter. 4. On the point of, intending, or attempting an action.
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Sense 1: Devices or stratagems used to catch or entangle. Sense 2: Figuratively, causes of danger, sin, or ruin.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of prevent, meaning to go or come before; to anticipate.
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5When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
5When the ‖waues of death compassed me: the floods of †vngodly men made me afraid.
6The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
6The ‖sorowes of Hell compassed me about: the snares of death preuented me.
Selected passage7In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
7In my distresse I called vpon the LORD, and cryed to my God, and hee did heare my voice out of his Temple, and my crie did enter into his eares.