Definition

a divan (as enclosing the room); abstractly (adverbial) around

Etymology

plural masculine מְסִבִּים; or feminine מְסִבּוֹת; from H5437 (סָבַב);

Where the KJV renders it

• that compass about
• (place) round about
• at table

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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