Around
κυκλόθενStrong’s G2943kuklothen
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Kuklothen is the Greek word usually translated “around”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.”
Meaning
Usually translated “around”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- around 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 3
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Revelation 4:4And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
- Revelation 4:8And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
Greek dictionary
κυκλόθεν kuklothen · around
κυκλόθεν adv., (κύκλος), [in LXX chiefly for סָבִיב ;] from all sides, round about: Rev.4:3-4, 8,† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “around” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
AROUND', adverb
- In a circle; on every side.
- In a looser sense, at random; without any fixed direction; as, to travel around from town to town. [See Round.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.