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Strong's Hebrew

5439. sabib -- circuit, round about
... around about (1), around* (1), circular courses (1), circumference* (2), completely
(1), confines (1), encompassing (1), entirely (1), environs (5), every ...
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Library

To the Rev. Andrew Brandram
... I passed the day succeeding my arrival principally in examining the town and its
environs, and as I strolled about I entered into conversation with various ...
/.../borrow/letters of george borrow/to the rev andrew brandram.htm

Calcutta and the Mission Centres from Delhi to Amboyna
... "Calcutta is three miles long and one broad, very populous; the environs are crowded
with people settled in large villages, resembling (for population, not ...
/.../smith/the life of william carey/chapter vii calcutta and the.htm

Infancy and Youth of Jesus --His First Impressions.
... agreeable. The environs, moreover, are charming; and no place in the world
was so well adapted for dreams of perfect happiness. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/renan/the life of jesus/chapter ii infancy and youth.htm

History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 4
... Babylon, its ruins and its environs -- It extends its rule over Mesopotamia; its
earliest dynasty and its struggle with Central Chaldaea-Elam, its geographical ...
/.../history of egypt chaldaea syria babylonia and assyria v 4/title page.htm

Jews and Gentiles in "The Land"
... Thus the environs of Ascalon, the wall of Caesarea, and that of Acco, were reckoned
within the boundaries of Palestine, though the cities themselves were not. ...
/.../edersheim/sketches of jewish social life/chapter 2 jews and gentiles.htm

And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, too little to be among the thousands ...
... Bethlehem and Ephratah are to be distinguished, so that the former designates the
town alone, and the latter at the same time its whole environs,"so that ...
/.../hengstenberg/christology of the old testament/chap v 1.htm

Under Ban of the Ritual
... Not idly was she called Menefer, the Good Place. Not anywhere in Egypt were the
winds more gentle, the heavens more benign, the environs more august. ...
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The Burial
... The fact that he owned a garden and burying-place in the environs of Jerusalem does
not necessarily indicate that he was a resident there; for pious Jews had ...
/.../stalker/the trial and death of jesus christ/chapter xxiii the burial.htm

Letter Lvii to the Duke and Duchess of Lorraine
... She took the veil of a Religious in the Nunnery of Tart, in the environs of Dijon,
as is clear from the autograph Letters of her son, Duke Matthew, who calls ...
/.../some letters of saint bernard abbot of clairvaux/letter lvii to the duke.htm

To the Rev. J. Jowett
... Liverpool. Another city adjoins it called Altona, the park of which and the
environs are the favourite Sunday lounge of the Hamburgers. ...
/.../borrow/letters of george borrow/to the rev j jowett 5.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n. pl.) The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs; as, the environs of a city or town.

Thesaurus

Environs (7 Occurrences)
... (n. pl.) The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood;
suburbs; as, the environs of a city or town. ...Environs (7 Occurrences). ...
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Innocents (2 Occurrences)
... The conventional, ecclesiastical name given to the slaughter by HEROD, I (which
see) of children two years old and under in Bethlehem and its environs at the ...
/i/innocents.htm - 20k

Envisioned (1 Occurrence)

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Eshcol (6 Occurrences)
... It was a valley near Hebron rich in vineyards. Fruitful vineyards are still the
most characteristic feature of the environs of Hebron, especially on the North. ...
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Environ (1 Occurrence)

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Massacre (1 Occurrence)
... The conventional, ecclesiastical name given to the slaughter by HEROD, I (which
see) of children two years old and under in Bethlehem and its environs at the ...
/m/massacre.htm - 20k

Counteth (7 Occurrences)
... In the cities of the hill-country, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities
of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the environs of Jerusalem ...
/c/counteth.htm - 8k

Constellations (4 Occurrences)
... abolished the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense
on the high places in the cities of Judah, and the environs of Jerusalem ...
/c/constellations.htm - 8k

Jerusalem (782 Occurrences)
... 1. Geology: The geology of the site and environs of Jerusalem is comparatively simple,
when studied in connection with that of the land of Palestine as a whole ...
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Sennacherib (13 Occurrences)
... the West. He ravaged the environs of Tyre, but made no attempt to take
the city, as he was without a naval force. After Elulaeus ...
/s/sennacherib.htm - 18k

Bible Concordance

Environs (7 Occurrences)

2 Samuel 24:6 And they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and came to Dan-jaan, and to the environs of Sidon;
(DBY)

2 Kings 23:5 And he abolished the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah, and the environs of Jerusalem; and them that burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.
(DBY)

Jeremiah 17:26 They shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places around Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the lowland, and from the hill country, and from the South, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meal offerings, and frankincense, and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving, to the house of Yahweh.
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 21:14 I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, says Yahweh; and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is around her.
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 32:44 Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the writings, and seal them, and take witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the environs of Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill-country, and in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the south: for I will turn their captivity, saith Jehovah.
(DBY NAS)

Jeremiah 33:13 In the cities of the hill-country, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the environs of Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that counteth them, saith Jehovah.
(DBY NAS)

Jeremiah 50:32 The proud one shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up; and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all who are around him.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Environs

Related Terms

Innocents (2 Occurrences)

Envisioned (1 Occurrence)

Eshcol (6 Occurrences)

Environ (1 Occurrence)

Massacre (1 Occurrence)

Counteth (7 Occurrences)

Constellations (4 Occurrences)

Jerusalem (782 Occurrences)

Sennacherib (13 Occurrences)