King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2944
Transliteration: kykloō
Phonetic Spelling: (koo-klo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to encircle
Meaning: to encircle
κυκλόω, κύκλῳ: 1 aorist ἐκύκλωσα; passive, present participle κυκλουμενος; 1 aorist participle κυκλωθεις; (κύκλος); the Sept. chiefly for סָבַב;
Word Summary
kykloō: to encircle
Original Word: κυκλόωTransliteration: kykloō
Phonetic Spelling: (koo-klo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to encircle
Meaning: to encircle
Strong's Concordance
to surround, encircleFrom the same as kukloi; to encircle, i.e. Surround -- compass (about), come (stand) round about.
see GREEK kukloi
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2944: κυκλόωκυκλόω, κύκλῳ: 1 aorist ἐκύκλωσα; passive, present participle κυκλουμενος; 1 aorist participle κυκλωθεις; (κύκλος); the Sept. chiefly for סָבַב;
1. to go round, lead round (Pindar, Euripides, Polybius, others).
2. to surround, encircle, encompass: of persons standing round, τινα, John 10:24 (Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading ἐκύκλευσαν (which see)); Acts 14:20; of besiegers (often so in secular authors and in the Sept.), Luke 21:20; Hebrews 11:30, and R G Tr in Revelation 20:9. (Compare: περικυκλόω.)