(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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
denotes “to encircle, surround,” and is found in the best texts in Joh 10:24<\/span>, “came round about,” and Rev 20:9<\/span>, of a camp surrounded by foes; some mss. have No. 2 in each place. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n (cp. Eng., “cycle”) signifies “to move in a circle, to compass about,” as of a city “encompassed” by armies, Luk 21:20<\/span>; Heb 11:30<\/span>; in Act 14:20<\/span>, “stood round about.” See COME, No. 38, STAND. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n peri, “about,” with No. 2, is used in Luk 19:43<\/span> “shall compass … round.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “to lead about,” 1Co 9:5<\/span>, or, intransitively, “to go about, to go up and down,” is so used in Mat 4:23<\/span>; Mat 9:35<\/span>; Mar 6:6<\/span>; Act 13:11<\/span>; “to compass regions,” Mat 23:15<\/span>. See GO, LEAD. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “to be encompassed:” see BOUND (b), HANG. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n lit., “to go, or come, about” (peri, “about,” erchomai, “to come”), is translated in Act 28:13<\/span>, AV, “fetched a compass.” See CIRCUIT. <\/p>\n Job 16:13 (b) The suffering saint felt like his sorrows were as enemies shooting arrows at him. (See Job 19:5-6).<\/p>\n Psa 49:5 (b) The sins of the Psalmist’s life seemed to be like witnesses against him accusing him.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Jer 31:22 (b) This may be a picture of the Church gathered around her Lord as His lovers.<\/p>\n 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, … Continue reading “Compass”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Compass<\/h2>\n
Fuente: Wilson’s Dictionary of Bible Types<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"