Definition

(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around

Etymology

or (feminine) סְבִיבָה; from H5437 (סָבַב);

Where the KJV renders it

• (place
• round) about
• circuit
• compass
• on every side

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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