'Surrounding' in the Bible

Send them away, so they can go into the surrounding countryside and villages to buy themselves something to eat.”

Late in the day, the Twelve approached and said to Him, “Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find food and lodging, because we are in a deserted place here.”

In addition, a large group came together from the towns surrounding Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.

they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian towns called Lystra and Derbe, and to the surrounding countryside.

Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us,