Quick Definition
I encircle, besiege, surround
Strong's Definition
to encircle, i.e. surround
Derivation: from the same as G2945 (κύκλῳ);
KJV Usage: compass (about), come (stand) round about
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κυκλόω, κύκλῳ: 1 aorist ἐκύκλωσα; passive, present participle κυκλουμενος; 1 aorist participle κυκλωθεις; (κύκλος); the Sept. chiefly for ρΘαΗα;
1. to go round, lead round (Pindar, Euripides, Polybius, others).
2. to surround, encircle, encompass: of persons standing round, τινα, Joh_10:24 (Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading ἐκύκλευσαν (which see)); Act_14:20; of besiegers (often so in secular authors and in the Sept.), Luk_21:20; Heb_11:30, and R G Tr in Rev_20:9. (Compare: περικυκλόω.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κυκλόω kykloō 4x
to encircle, surround, encompass, come around. Joh_10:24 ; Act_14:20 ; spc. to lay siege to, Luk_21:20 ;
to march round, Heb_11:30
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κυκλόω , -ῶ
( < κύκλος ),
[in LXX chiefly for H5437 ;]
1. to move in a circle, revolve.
2. to surround, encircle: c . acc pers ., Joh_10:24 ( WH , txt ., cf. -εύω ), Act_14:20 ; pass ., Luk_21:20 , Heb_11:30 ( cf. περι -κυκλόω ).†
κυκλεύω
( <κύκλος ),
[in LXX : 2Ki_3:25 B ( H5437 ) * ;]
1. to make a circle, go round.
2. to encircle, surround: c . acc pers ., Joh_10:24 ( Tr ., WH , mg .); c . acc rei , Rev_20:9 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κυκλεύω (~ κυκλόω ) [page 363]
κυκλεύω is used in connexion with working the water-wheel in P Lond 131 recto .508 (A.D. 78 9) (I. p. 185) κυκλευτῇ κυκλεύοντι τὸ ὄργ (ανον ) (cf. Archiv i. p. 131), and in a lease of land P Grenf I. 58 .7 ( c. A.D. 561) ἑτοίμως ἔχω κυκλεῦσαι τὸ αὐτὸ γεώργιον . For κυκλευτής see P Ryl II. 157 .15 (A.D. 135), and for κυκλευτήριον (not in LS 8 ) P Lond 1012 .33 (A.D. 633) (= III. p. 266), P Giss I. 56 .8 (vi/A.D.).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
κυκλόω [Etym: κύκλος] "to encircle, surround", Eur. :—so in Mid., Hdt. , Aesch. , etc.:—Pass. "to be surrounded", Aesch. , Thuc. "to move in a circle, whirl round", Pind. , Eur. :—Pass. or Mid. "to go in a circle, go round", Xen. ; metaph., Aesch. "to form into a circle", τόξα Anth. :— Pass., of a bow, "to form a circle", Eur. ; cf. κυκλοτερής.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
κυκλόω, -ῶ
(κύκλος), [in LXX chiefly for סָבַב ;]
__1. to move in a circle, revolve.
__2. to surround, encircle: with accusative of person(s), Jhn.10:24 (WH, txt., cf. -εύω), Act.14:20; pass., Luk.21:20, Heb.11:30 (cf. περι-κυκλόω).†
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