Greek verb · G2944
κυκλόω
kyklookoo-klo'-o
to move in a circle, revolve.; to surround, encircle
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kyklóō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2944is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2944
to encircle, i.e. surround
The King James renders it: compass (about), come (stand) round about.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
kykloo is rendered "to move in a circle, revolve.; to surround, encircle". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- One of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to move in a circle, revolve.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 21:20But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.
Luke 21:20κυκλουμένην
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to move in a circle, revolve., and to surround, encircle.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to move in a circle, revolve. | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereLuke 21:20But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near. |
| to surround, encircle | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 21:20But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near. |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐκύκλωσαν1
- κυκλουμένην1
- κυκλωθέντα1
- κυκλωσάντων1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-AAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1V-AAP-GPM
- verb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter plural1V-APP-NPN
- verb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · feminine singular1V-PPP-ASF
Luke
one use
But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.
- κυκλουμένηνkukloumenenverb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: being encircled
John
one use
So the Jews gathered around Him and demanded, “How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
- ἐκύκλωσανekuklosanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: Encircled
Acts
one use
But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. And the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.
- κυκλωσάντωνkuklosantonverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: When were sorrounding
Hebrews
one use
By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.
- κυκλωθένταkuklothentaverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: having been encircled
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.