H4524: מֵסַב
mêçab · pronounced may-sab' · “surrounds”
Definition
a divan (as enclosing the room); abstractly (adverbial) around
KJV translates it as: that compass about, (place) round about, at table.
Word origin: plural masculine מְסִבִּים; or feminine מְסִבּוֹת; from H5437 (סָבַב);
Extended definition
1a) environs
1a1) surrounding places
1a2) round about (adv)
1b) round table
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H4524 is translated
- round about ×2
- the surroundings of ×1
- my ×1
- his ×1
Bible verses with H4524 (mêçab)
Mêçab appears in 5 verses.
- 1 Kings 6:29
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.
- 2 Kings 23:5
And 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 37:12
And 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 140:9
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
- Song of Solomon 1:12
While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.