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(Strong's #2943 Adverb kuklothen koo-kloth'-en )
"round about, or all round" (from kuklos, "a circle, cycle"), is found in the Apocalypse only, 4:3,4,8.
(Strong's #2945 Adverb kuklo koo'-klo )
the dative case of kuklos (see above), means "round about," lit., "in a circle." It is used in the same way as No. 1, "scriptRef" ref="mr+3:34">Mark 3:34; "scriptRef" ref="mr+6:6,36">6:6,36; "scriptRef" ref="lu+9:12">Luke 9:12; "scriptRef" ref="ro+15:19">Romans 15:19; "scriptRef" ref="re+4:6">Revelation 4:6; "scriptRef" ref="re+5:11">5:11; "scriptRef" ref="re+7:11">7:11 .
(Strong's #4225 Adverb pou poo )
an indefinite particle, signifying "somewhere, somewhere about, nearly," has a limiting force, with numerals, e.g., "scriptRef" ref="ro+4:19">Romans 4:19 . In referring to a passage in the OT, it is translated "somewhere," in the RV of "scriptRef" ref="heb+2:6">Hebrews 2:6; "scriptRef" ref="heb+4:4">4:4 (AV, "in a certain place"); by not mentioning the actual passage referred to, the writer acknowledged the familiar acquaintance of his readers with the OT. See PLACE.
(Strong's #5613 Adverb hos hoce )
usually means "as." Used with numerals it signifies "about," e.g., "scriptRef" ref="mr+5:13">Mark 5:13; "scriptRef" ref="mr+8:9">8:9 "scriptRef" ref="joh+1:40"> John 1:40; "scriptRef" ref="joh+6:19">6:19; "scriptRef" ref="joh+11:18">11:18; "scriptRef" ref="ac+1:15">Acts 1:15; "scriptRef" ref="re+8:1">Revelation 8:1 .
(Strong's #5616 Adverb hosei ho-si' )
"as if," before numerals, denotes "about, nearly, something like," with perhaps an indication of greater indefiniteness than No. 4, e.g., "scriptRef" ref="mt+14:21">Matthew 14:21; "scriptRef" ref="lu+3:23">Luke 3:23; "scriptRef" ref="lu+9:14,28">9:14,28; "scriptRef" ref="ac+2:41">Acts 2:41; with a measure of space, "scriptRef" ref="lu+22:41">Luke 22:41 , "about a stone's cast." See LIKE.
(Strong's #3195 Verb mello mel'-lo )
signifies (a) "of intention, to be about to do something," e.g., "scriptRef" ref="ac+3:3">Acts 3:3; "scriptRef" ref="ac+18:14">18:14; "scriptRef" ref="ac+20:3">20:3; "scriptRef" ref="heb+8:5">Hebrews 8:5; (b) "of certainty, compulsion or necessity, to be certain to act," e.g., "scriptRef" ref="joh+6:71">John 6:71 . See ALMOST , BEGIN , COME , INTEND , MEAN , MIND , POINT OF (at), READY , SHALL , SHOULD , TARRY.
Note: Zeteo, "to seek," is translated "were about" in the AV of "scriptRef" ref="ac+27:30">Acts 27:30; RV, correctly, "were seeking to."These files are public domain.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'About'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​a/about.html. 1940.