Circle

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ISBE 19152 verse references

ISBE 1915

sur'-k'-l: Is used with reference to the vault of the heavens (hugh) in Isa 40:22, and in a similar sense in The Wisdom of Solomon 13:2 (Revised Version margin), "circle of stars" (kuklos astron). It is also used in the sense of surrounding territory, as in the expression "circle of Jordan" (Ge 13:10 the Revised Version, margin).

See also CICCAR; ASTRONOMY, sec. III, 1.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain

In Scripture

Isaiah 40:22 Genesis 13:10

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