Mêçab — H4524

Definition

masculine noun

a divan (as enclosing the room); abstractly (adverbial) around

1. round thing, surroundings, round about, that which surrounds, that which is round
1. environs
1. surrounding places
2. round about (adv)
2. round table

Usually translated as

at table, that compass about, round about

Origin

plural masculine mᵉçibbîym; or feminine mᵉçibbôwth; from H5437

• Derived from Çâbab (H5437)

Occurrences

Mêçab occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (1), Job (1), Psalms (1), Song of Songs (1)

• 1 Kings 6:29 — And he carved all the walls of the house round about (מֵסַ֣ב) with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.
• 2 Kings 23:5 — And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about (וּמְסִבֵּ֖י) Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
• Job 37:12 — And it is turned round about (מְסִבּ֨וֹת) by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.
• Psalms 140:9 — As for the head of those that compass me about (מְסִבָּ֑י), let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
• Song of Songs 1:12 — While the king sitteth at his table (בִּמְסִבּ֔וֹ), my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.