Surrounds
מֵסַבStrong’s H4524mesav (me-sav)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mesav is the Hebrew word usually translated “round about”, “surroundings of” and “surroundings my”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.”
Meaning
- Round thing, surroundings, round about, that which surrounds, that which is roundenvirons · round table
How it's translated
- round about 2
- and surroundings of 1
- surroundings my 1
- at table his 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 1
- 2 Kings 1
- Job 1
- Psalms 1
- Song of Solomon 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Kings 23:5And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
- Job 37:12And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.
- Psalms 140:9As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
- Song of Solomon 1:12While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
Hebrew dictionary
מֵסַב mesav · surrounds
1) round thing, surroundings, round about, that which surrounds, that which is round 1a) environs 1a1) surrounding places 1a2) round about (adv) 1b) round table
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.