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Compass

מְחוּגָהStrong’s H4230

mechugah (me-chu-gah)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Mechugah is the Hebrew word usually translated “compass”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.”
Isaiah 44:13 KJV
Meaning
  1. Circle-instrument, compass
How it's translated
  • and with compass 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Isaiah 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    מְחוּגָה mechugah · compass

    circle-instrument, compass

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “compass” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    COMPASS, noun

    1. Stretch; reach; extent; the limit or boundary of a space, and the space included; applied to time, space, sound, etc.
    2. A passing round; a circular course; a circuit.“They fetched a compass of seven days journey” 2 Kings 3:9
    3. Moderate bounds; limits of truth; moderation; due limits.
    4. The extent or limit of the voice or of sound.
    All definitions and other forms of “compass”
    1. An instrument for directing or ascertaining the course of ships at sea, consisting of a circular box, containing a paper card marked with the thirty two points of direction, fixed on a magnetic needle, that always points to the north, the variation excepted.
    2. compass or compasses, [or a pair of compasses, so named from its legs, but pair is superfluous or improper, and the singular number compass is the preferable name, ] an instrument for describing circles, measuring figures, etc., consisting of two pointed legs or branches, made of iron, steel or brass, joined at the top by a rivet, on which they move.
    3. An instrument used in surveying land, constructed in the main like the mariners compass; but with this difference, that the needle is not fitted into the card, moving with it, but plays alone; the card being drawn on the bottom of the box, and a circle divided into 360 degrees on the limb.

    COMPASS, verb transitive

    1. To stretch round; to extend so as to embrace the whole; hence, to inclose, encircle, grasp or seize; as, to compass with the arms.
    2. To surround; to environ; to inclose on all sides; sometimes followed by around, round or about.“With favor wilt thou compass him as with a shield” Psalms 5:12“The willows of the brook compass him about” Job 40:22
    3. To go or walk round.“Ye shall compass the city--and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times” Joshua 6:4
    4. To besiege; to beleaguer; to block up.“Thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side” Luke 19:43
    5. To obtain; to attain to; to procure; to bring within ones power; to accomplish.
    6. To purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot; to contrive; as we say, to go about to perform, but in mind only; as, to compass the death of the king.

    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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.