Strong’s H3803 · Hebrew
כָּתַר
kâthar · kaw-thar'
Origin a primitive root;
Meaning to enclose; hence (in a friendly sense) to crown, (in a hostile one) to besiege; also to wait (as restraining oneself)
In the King James Version beset round, compass about, be crowned inclose round, suffer.
In 6 verses of the King James Version
- Judges 20:43Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.
- Job 36:2Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.
- Psalms 22:12Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
- Psalms 142:7Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
- Proverbs 14:18The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
- Habakkuk 1:4Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.