κυκλόω
to go around
‘to go around’ is one of 2 main senses fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Tense
- Aorist
- Action viewed as a simple whole, without regard to duration — often past (perfective aspect).
- Present
- Ongoing or general action in present time (imperfective aspect).
Voice
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Passive
- The subject receives the action.
Mood
- Indicative
- States a fact or asks a factual question (the mood of reality).
- Participle
- A verbal adjective (“writing,” “having written”).
Case
- Genitive
- The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
Person
- 3rd person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Neuter
- Grammatically neuter.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one.
- Singular
- One.
Every verse where G2944 appears in the Book of John — 1 distinct verse. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
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About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
κυκλοω (kyklóō) is a Greek verb most often rendered “to go around.” It occurs a mere 5 verses across Scripture. Debuting at Luke 21:20, it then recurs through the corpus. Its lexical range runs to 2 senses. From the same root come κυκλω and κυκλοθεν. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G2944 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 5
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 5 distinct verses.
- 5 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 5 of 27 New Testament books.
- #1,648
- by frequency
- Top 2500 most frequent Greek words (rank 1,648 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 5 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 5 distinct verses.
- Gospels 2 verses · 40%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 2 verses · 40%
- Johannine 2 verses · 40%
- Hebrews 1 verse · 20%
- Revelation 1 verse · 20%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Compassed 2×
- American Standard Version: Compassed 2×
- Berean Standard Bible: Surrounded 2×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Surrounded 3×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G2944 across 7 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G2944 across 7 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G2944 across 5 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 3 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G2944 across 6 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 3 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 2 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- to go around, lead around
- to surround, encircle, encompass
Word origin
Derived from κυκλω (kýklōi) (G2945) — around.
From the same as G2945 ; to encircle that is surround : - compass (about) come (stand) round about.
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 5 distinct written forms G2944 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that tense’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| κυκλουμένην kyklouménēn | Verb, Present, Passive, Participle, Accusative, Singular, Feminine | Luke 21:20 | 1 |
| κυκλωθέντα kyklōthénta | Verb, Aorist, Passive, Participle, Nominative, Plural, Neuter | Hebrews 11:30 | 1 |
| κυκλωσάντων kyklōsántōn | Verb, Aorist, Active, Participle, Genitive, Plural, Masculine | Acts 14:20 | 1 |
| ἐκύκλευσαν ekýkleusan | Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural | Revelation 20:9 | 1 |
| ἐκύκλωσαν ekýklōsan | Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural | John 10:24 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G2944, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Compare all same-root words → They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word κυκλοω appears 69 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 67 verses in 21 books.
- 69
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 67
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 21 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 21 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 2:11 κυκλόω
- Exodus 13:18 κυκλόω
- Numbers 34:4 κυκλόω
- Deuteronomy 2:1 κυκλόω
- Joshua 6:7 κυκλόω
- Judges 11:18 κυκλόω
- 2 Samuel 18:15 κυκλόω
- 1 Kings 5:17 κυκλόω
- 2 Kings 3:9 κυκλόω
- 2 Chronicles 4:3 κυκλόω
- Job 1:17 κυκλόω
- Psalms 7:8 κυκλόω
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G2944) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 67. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 2:11 κυκλόω The name of the first is Pishon: this is the one which flows through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
- Genesis 2:13 κυκλόω The name of the second river is Gihon: the same river that flows through the whole land of Cush.
- Exodus 13:18 κυκλόω but God led the people around by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea; and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt.
- Numbers 34:4 κυκλόω and your border shall turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and the goings out of it shall be southward of Kadesh-barnea; and it shall go forth to Hazar Addar, and pass along to Azmon;
- Numbers 34:5 κυκλόω and the border shall turn about from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.
- Deuteronomy 2:1 κυκλόω Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as Yahweh spoke to me; and we compassed Mount Seir many days.
- Deuteronomy 2:3 κυκλόω You have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.
- Deuteronomy 32:10 κυκλόω He found him in a desert land, In the waste howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he cared for him, He kept him as the apple of his eye.
- Joshua 6:7 κυκλόω They said to the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let the armed men pass on before the ark of Yahweh.
- Judges 11:18 κυκλόω Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they encamped on the other side of the Arnon; but they didn't come within the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.
- Judges 16:2 κυκλόω [It was told] the Gazites, saying, Samson is come here. They compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, [Let be] until morning light, then we will kill him.
- Judges 19:22 κυκλόω As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain base fellows, beset the house round about, beating at the door; and they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man who came into your house, that we may know him.
- Judges 20:5 κυκλόω The men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about me by night; me they thought to have slain, and my concubine they forced, and she is dead.
- 2 Samuel 18:15 κυκλόω Ten young men who bore Joab's armor compassed about and struck Absalom, and killed him.
- 2 Samuel 22:6 κυκλόω The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came on me.
- 2 Samuel 24:6 κυκλόω then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; and they came to Dan Jaan, and round about to Sidon,
- 1 Kings 5:17 κυκλόω The king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.
- 1 Kings 7:10 κυκλόω The foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
- 1 Kings 7:11 κυκλόω Above were costly stones, even hewn stone, according to measure, and cedar-wood.
- 1 Kings 22:32 κυκλόω It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel; and they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.
- 2 Kings 3:9 κυκλόω So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, nor for the animals that followed them.
- 2 Kings 6:15 κυκλόω When the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, a host with horses and chariots was round about the city. His servant said to him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
- 2 Kings 8:21 κυκλόω Then Joram passed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and struck the Edomites who surrounded him, and the captains of the chariots; and the people fled to their tents.
- 2 Kings 11:8 κυκλόω You shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and he who comes within the ranks, let him be slain: and be you with the king when he goes out, and when he comes in.
- 2 Chronicles 4:3 κυκλόω Under it was the likeness of oxen, which did compass it round about, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
- 2 Chronicles 18:31 κυκλόω It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they turned about to fight against him: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and Yahweh helped him; and God moved them [to depart] from him.
- 2 Chronicles 21:9 κυκλόω Then Jehoram passed over with his captains, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and struck the Edomites who surrounded him, along with the captains of the chariots.
- 2 Chronicles 23:2 κυκλόω They went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the heads of fathers' [houses] of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 23:7 κυκλόω The Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whoever comes into the house, let him be slain: and be you with the king when he comes in, and when he goes out.
- Job 1:17 κυκλόω While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, "The Chaldeans made three bands, and swept down on the camels, and have taken them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you."
- Job 16:13 κυκλόω His archers surround me. He splits my kidneys apart, and does not spare. He pours out my gall on the ground.
- Job 19:12 κυκλόω His troops come on together, Build a siege ramp against me, And encamp around my tent.
- Job 22:10 κυκλόω Therefore snares are round about you. Sudden fear troubles you,
- Psalms 7:8 κυκλόω Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness, And to my integrity that is in me.
- Psalms 21:17 κυκλόω
- Psalms 25:6 κυκλόω Yahweh, remember your tender mercies and your loving kindness, For they are from old times.
- Psalms 26:6 κυκλόω I will wash my hands in innocence, So I will go about your altar, Yahweh;
- Psalms 31:7 κυκλόω I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness, For you have seen my affliction. You have known my soul in adversities.
- Psalms 31:10 κυκλόω For my life is spent with sorrow, My years with sighing. My strength fails because of my iniquity. My bones are wasted away.
- Psalms 47:13 κυκλόω
- Psalms 48:6 κυκλόω Trembling took hold of them there, Pain, as of a woman in travail.
- Psalms 54:11 κυκλόω
- Psalms 58:7 κυκλόω Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
- Psalms 58:15 κυκλόω
- Psalms 87:18 κυκλόω
- Psalms 90:4 κυκλόω For a thousand years in your sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, As a watch in the night.
- Psalms 108:3 κυκλόω I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations. I will sing praises to you among the peoples.
- Psalms 117:10 κυκλόω
- Psalms 117:11 κυκλόω
- Psalms 117:12 κυκλόω
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G2944) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
