Compass
Compass
(usually , , to surround) is used as a noun by the A. V., especially in the phrase fetch a compass , Num 34:5; Jos 15:3; 2Sa 5:23; 2Ki 3:9; , Act 28:13), i.e. go around.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Compass
COMPASS.A compass is the space occupied by a circle, or the circle itself: Pro 8:27 he set a compass upon the face of the deep (AVm [Note: Authorized Version margin.] and RV [Note: Revised Version.] a circle) usually explained of the horizon, which seems to be a circle resting on the ocean. To fetch a compass (Num 34:5, Jos 15:3, 2Sa 5:23, 2Ki 3:9) is to make a circuit or simply go round. The tool for making a circle is a compass (Isa 44:13).See Arts and Crafts, 1.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Compass
Compass. 2Ki 3:9. “To fetch a compass” there, Act 28:13, and elsewhere means “to go around,” or “to make a circuit.” R. V.
Fuente: People’s Dictionary of the Bible
Compass
denotes “to encircle, surround,” and is found in the best texts in Joh 10:24, “came round about,” and Rev 20:9, of a camp surrounded by foes; some mss. have No. 2 in each place.
(cp. Eng., “cycle”) signifies “to move in a circle, to compass about,” as of a city “encompassed” by armies, Luk 21:20; Heb 11:30; in Act 14:20, “stood round about.” See COME, No. 38, STAND.
peri, “about,” with No. 2, is used in Luk 19:43 “shall compass … round.”
“to lead about,” 1Co 9:5, or, intransitively, “to go about, to go up and down,” is so used in Mat 4:23; Mat 9:35; Mar 6:6; Act 13:11; “to compass regions,” Mat 23:15. See GO, LEAD.
“to be encompassed:” see BOUND (b), HANG.
lit., “to go, or come, about” (peri, “about,” erchomai, “to come”), is translated in Act 28:13, AV, “fetched a compass.” See CIRCUIT.
Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words
Compass
Job 16:13 (b) The suffering saint felt like his sorrows were as enemies shooting arrows at him. (See Job 19:5-6).
Psa 49:5 (b) The sins of the Psalmist’s life seemed to be like witnesses against him accusing him.
Isa 50:11 (b) This is a description of those who have a false religion and false doctrines, and who think that these are a light to them for eternity.
Jer 31:22 (b) This may be a picture of the Church gathered around her Lord as His lovers.