Round
עָגֹלStrong’s H5696agol (a-gol)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Agol is the Hebrew word usually translated “round”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.”
Meaning
- Round
How it's translated
- round 6
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 4
- 2 Chronicles 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Kings 7:31And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round.
- 1 Kings 7:35And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same.
- 1 Kings 10:19The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.
- 2 Chronicles 4:2Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
Hebrew dictionary
עָגֹל agol · round
round
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “round” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ROUND, adjective
- Cylindrical; circular; spherical or globular. round is applicable to a cylinder as well as to a globe or sphere.
- Full; large; as a round sum or price.
- Full; smooth; flowing; not defective or abrupt.
- Plain; open; candid; fair.
All definitions and other forms of “round”
- Full; quick; brisk; as a round trot.
- Full; plump; bold; positive; as a round assertion.
ROUND, noun
- A circle; a circular thing, or a circle in motion.
- Action or performance in a circle, or passing through a series of hands or things and coming to the point of beginning; or the time of such action.
- Rotation in office; succession in vicissitude.
- A rundle; the step of a ladder.
- A walk performed by a guard or an officer round the rampart of a garrison, or among sentinels, to see that the sentinels are faithful and all things safe.
- A dance; a song; a roundelay, or a species of fugue.
- A general discharge of fire-arms by a body of troops, in which each soldier fires once.
ROUND, adverb
- On all sides.“Thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round” Luke 19:43
- Circularly; in a circular form; as, a wheel turns round
- From one side or party to another; as, to come or turn round Hence these expressions signify to change sides or opinions.
- Not in a direct line; by a course longer than the direct course.
ROUND, preposition
- On every side of; as, the people stood round him; the sun sheds light round the earth.
- About; in a circular course, or in all parts; as, to go round the city.
- Circularly; about; as, to wind a cable round the windlass.
ROUND, verb transitive
- To make circular, spherical or cylindrical; as, to round a silver coin; to round the edges of any thing.
- To surround; to encircle; to encompass.
- To form to the arch or figure of the section of a circle.
- To move about any thing; as, the sun, in polar regions, rounds the horizon.
- To make full, smooth and flowing; as, to round periods in writing.
ROUND, verb intransitive
- To grow or become round
- To go round as a guard.
ROUND, verb intransitive
To whisper; as, to round in the ear. obsolete
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.