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Circuit
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or (תְּקוּפָה, tekuphah') signifies the act of going round, as, for example, the apparent diurnal revolution of the sun around the earth (Psalms 19:6); it is also used with reference to the completion of a year in the original of 2 Chronicles 24:23; Exodus 34:22 (in which passages it is rendered "end"); or of the term of pregnancy in 1 Samuel 1:20 ("when ... was come about"). The Scriptures, however, afford us very little information as to the astronomical knowledge of the Jews. (See ASTRONOMY).
In Job 22:14, the Heb. word is different. (See CIRCLE). In 1 Samuel 7:16, and Ecclesiastes 1:6, also, a different form of expression is used in the original to signify, in the former passage (סָבִב, elsewhere usually rendered "compass"), a regular tour of inspection, and in the latter (סָבִיב ) the periodical series of gyrations, or, rather, directions of the winds, which in the East are quite regular in their seasons. In Sirach 24:5, the original word is γῦρος, the rotation of the heavens; but in 2 Maccabees 6:4, it is simply περίβολος, an enclosure, e.g. of the Temple.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Circuit'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/c/circuit.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
