Lexical 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.) |
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