69 occurrences in 9 translations

'Surround' in the Bible

Then the border will continue down the Jordan River and its direction will be to the Salt Sea. This will be your land by its borders that surround it.'"

Verse ConceptsDead Seaborders

You shall not follow other gods, any of the gods of the peoples who surround you,

Verse ConceptsMonotheismDifferent GodsDo Not Have Other gods

When you do go across the Jordan River and settle in the land he is granting you as an inheritance and you find relief from all the enemies who surround you, you will live in safety.

Verse ConceptsSafetyCrossing Into The Promised LandTime Of Peace

from the gods of the people that surround you whether near or far from you from one end of the earth to the other).

Therefore, when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies who surround you in the land that he is about to give you to possess as an inheritance, you must completely erase the memory of the Amalekites from under heaven. Don't forget!"

Verse ConceptsBlottingBlotted OutTime Of Peace

When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. Then what will You do about Your great name?”

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfGod, The LordEnemies SurroundingNames Blotted OutFor The Sake Of His Name

When I and all who [are] with me blow on the trumpet, you must also blow on the trumpets and surround the camp, and you must say, 'To Yahweh and to Gideon!'"

Verse ConceptsTrumpets For Battlegideon

Then Samuel took a small container of olive oil and poured it on Saul's head. Samuel kissed him and said, "The Lord has chosen you to lead his people Israel! You will rule over the Lord's people and you will deliver them from the power of the enemies who surround them. This will be your sign that the Lord has chosen you as leader over his inheritance.

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingAnointing, Performed OnKingsKingship, HumanKissingLeaders, PoliticalOilRankKissesOlive OilThe Act Of AnointingAnointing KingsAnointing Oil

And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David made haste to get away from Saul; and Saul and his men sought to surround David and his men to take them.

Verse ConceptsOpposite SidesHasty Action

You must completely surround the king with weapons in hand. Anyone who approaches the ranks is to be put to death. You must be with the king in all his daily tasks.”

Verse ConceptsWeaponsFriends SurroundingApproval To KillGoing Out And Coming In

Splendor and majesty surround him, and strength and joy fill his palace.

Verse ConceptsGod, Joy OfGod, Majesty OfFamily Strength

"You have shed a lot of blood and fought great battles. You won't be building a house for my name, since you have shed so much blood on the earth in my sight. But look! A son born to you will live comfortably, because I will give him rest from all his enemies that surround him on every side, since his name will be "Solomon" - I will give peace and quiet for Israel during his lifetime.

Verse ConceptsQuietnessRest, PhysicalGod Naming PeopleRestSleeping Peacefully

So he said to the people of Judah, “Let’s build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, with doors and bars. The land is still ours because we sought the Lord our God. We sought Him and He gave us rest on every side.” So they built and succeeded.

Verse ConceptsGatesTowersWallsprospering

Then King Asa brought his entire army of Judah to carry away the building stones and the timber that Baasha had been using to surround Ramah, and he used those materials to fortify Geba and Mizpah.

Verse ConceptsStones

You must completely surround the king with weapons in hand. Anyone who enters the temple is to be put to death. You must be with the king in all his daily tasks.”

Verse ConceptsWeaponsFriends SurroundingGoing Out And Coming In

His archers surround me.He pierces my kidneys without mercyand pours my bile on the ground.

Verse ConceptsKidneys

Surely mockers surround meand my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.

Verse ConceptsMockerymockers

His troops march in a column against me, erecting their siege ramps against me; they surround my tent."

Verse ConceptsThe Nations Attacked

Therefore snares surround you,and sudden dread terrifies you,

Verse ConceptsGod TrappingFear Will Come

Lotus plants cover him with their shade;the willows by the brook surround him.

Verse ConceptsWillows

And let [the] assembly of peoples surround you, and over it return on high.

Verse ConceptsGod On High

from the wicked who treat me violently,my deadly enemies who surround me.

Verse ConceptsOvercoming EnemiesProtection From EnemiesEnemy Attacks

They advance against me; now they surround me.They are determinedto throw me to the ground.

Verse ConceptsEnemies Surrounding

Yes, wild dogs surround me -- a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet.

Verse ConceptsdogsEnemies SurroundingMessianic Prophecies

Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies, even those who surround me. I will sacrifice in his tent with shouts of joy; I will sing and make melodies to the LORD.

Verse ConceptsMusicSacrifice, In OtThankfulnessWorship, Elements OfGod Lifting PeopleLifting HeadsI Will Sing Praises

For innumerable dangers surround me. My sins overtake me so I am unable to see; they outnumber the hairs of my head so my strength fails me.

Verse ConceptsAn Innumerable NumberGuilty ConsciencesDespair, Description OfNumber Of HairsHair

For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David, written when Saul sent men to surround his house and murder him. Deliver me from my enemies, my God! Protect me from those who attack me!

Verse ConceptsMusicGod Saving From EnemiesGod's ProtectionProtection From EnemiesProtection And SafetyEnemy AttacksProtecting Your Family

Make vows to the Lord your God and repay them! Let all those who surround him bring tribute to the awesome one!

Verse ConceptsGiftsGiving To GodVowsMaking VowsGod Is To Be Feared

They surround me like water all day long;they close in on me from every side.

Verse ConceptsThings SurroundingWater, As A Symbol Of AfflictionFloods

[The] cords of [the] wicked surround me, [but] I do not forget your law.

Verse ConceptsForgetting GodRopesCords

When those who surround me rise up,may the trouble their lips cause overwhelm them.

Verse ConceptsHeadsLipsSpeech, Power And Significance OfLet Evil Reboundoverwhelmed

Break me out of this prison, so I can give thanks to your name. The righteous will surround me, for you will deal generously with me. A Davidic Song

Verse ConceptsPrisonersFriends SurroundingPlenty Through GodGod Freeing CaptivesWe Thank GodSpiritual crownsThe SoulGoodnesssoulfreejail

Look! [It is] Solomon's {portable couch}! Sixty mighty men surround {it}, the mighty men of Israel.

Look! All those who light a fire, who surround yourselves with flaming torches walk by the light of your fire, and by the torches that you have set ablaze! This is what you will receive from my hand: you will lie down in torment.

Verse ConceptsFruits Of SinThe Ungodly Sufferingfate

They will surround Jerusalem like men guarding a field because they have rebelled against me," says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsRebellion, Of Israel

"I, the Lord, also have something to say concerning the wicked nations who surround my land and have attacked and plundered the land that I gave to my people as a permanent possession. I say: 'I will uproot the people of those nations from their lands and I will free the people of Judah who have been taken there.

Verse ConceptsPlucking Out

So I, the Lord, affirm that I will send for all the peoples of the north and my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and all the nations that surround it. I will utterly destroy this land, its inhabitants, and all the nations that surround it and make them everlasting ruins. I will make them objects of horror and hissing scorn.

Verse ConceptsBabylon, Prophecies Ofelection, responsibilities ofCivil authoritiesAuthority, of human institutionsMinistry, Nature OfWar As God's JudgmentHissingGod Will Kill His PeopleMade A Horror

Oh, how shattered Moab will be! Oh, how her people will wail! Oh, how she will turn away in shame! Moab will become an object of ridicule, a terrifying sight to all the nations that surround her."

Verse ConceptsTurning One's BackMade A HorrorShame Has Come

But you, son of man, do not fear them, and do not fear their words -- even though briers and thorns surround you and you live among scorpions -- do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you, for they are a rebellious house!

Verse ConceptsBriersThornsMinisters, Way They Should TeachWicked Described AsScorpionsDo Not Fear Men

But she has rebelled against My ordinances with more wickedness than the nations, and against My statutes more than the countries that surround her. For her people have rejected My ordinances and have not walked in My statutes.

Verse ConceptsAttitudes Of RejectionRejecting ThingsRejection Of GodGrowth Of EvilThey Do Not Keep Commands

"Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: "Because you're more disrespectful than the nations that surround you, you didn't follow my statutes or follow my ordinances. You didn't even follow the ordinances of the surrounding nations!'

Verse ConceptsCitizenshipThey Do Not Keep Commands

I'm also going to turn you into a waste and an object of insult among the nations that surround you and in front of every person who passes by.

Verse ConceptsGod DestroyingThe Nations Before GodThings Manifest

As a result, Jerusalem will become an insult, an object of taunt, an example of chastisement, and a useless waste to all the nations that surround you when I carry out my sentence against you in my anger, my burning rage, and my burning rebukes. I, the LORD, have spoken it.

Verse ConceptsMade A HorrorThe Nations Before GodFun

I will also scatter all the attendants who surround him and all his troops to every direction of the wind, and I will draw a sword to chase after them.

Verse ConceptsGod Scattering IsraelThings StrippedNo HelpGod's Sword

"The house of Israel will never again suffer from painful briers and sharp thorn bushes that surround them on every side, and they will learn that I am the LORD.

Verse ConceptsBriersThorns

"When I gather the house of Israel from the nations to which I've scattered them, I will show them my holiness before the watching world, and they will live on the land that I gave to my servant Jacob. They will live in safety in the land, building houses and planting vineyards. They'll live in safety while I judge everyone who maligns them among those who surround them. At that time they'll learn that I am the LORD their God.'"

Verse ConceptsAssurance, basis ofSafetyVineyardPlanting Vineyards

"Elam will be there. Its hordes will surround Elam's grave. All of them have been killed. They died violently, and they have descended uncircumcised into the world below after having spread terror throughout the land of the living. They will bear the shame of those who descend to the Pit.

Verse ConceptsdepthDying With The UncircumcisedFearing Other PeopleLife And DeathShame Has Come

They have prepared a bed for her and for her hordes that surround her graves. All of them are uncircumcised, having been killed violently, because they had spread terror throughout the land of the living. They will bear the shame of those who descend to the Pit and will take their place among the dead.

Verse ConceptsDying With The UncircumcisedFearing Other PeopleLife And DeathState Of The DeadShame Has Come

"Meshech and Tubal will be there, along with all of the hordes that surround her grave. Every one of them is uncircumcised, killed violently, because they spread terror throughout the land of the living.

Verse ConceptsDying With The UncircumcisedFearing Other PeopleLife And Death

"Therefore listen to what the Lord GOD has to say, you mountains of Israel: "This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains, to the hills, to the waterways, to the valleys, to the desolate wastelands, and to the abandoned cities that have become an object of derision to the mountains that surround you:

Verse ConceptsArchaeologyCities Under AttackAbandoning ThingsThe Mountains Of Israel

"Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: "I hereby raise my hand to swear this oath: the nations that surround you will have their own mockery to endure!

Verse ConceptsGod Swearing HarmInsulting Other PeopleSwearing

But they do not consider in their hearts (minds)That I remember [always] all their wickedness.Now their deeds surround and entangle them;They are before My face.

Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingGod's Knowledge Of PeopleAbsence Of ThoughtSin, And God's CharacterSin, Known To GodExposure Of SinThings SurroundingGod Remembering Sin

Therefore, the Lord God says:An enemy will surround the land;he will destroy your strongholdsand plunder your citadels.

Therefore the law is ignoredAnd justice is never upheld.For the wicked surround the righteous;Therefore justice comes out perverted.

Verse ConceptsInjustice, Examples OfOpposition, To Sin And EvilRighteous, TheNo JusticeBreaking God's Law

Then I will surround my temple to protect it like a guard from anyone crossing back and forth; so no one will cross over against them anymore as an oppressor, for now I myself have seen it.

Verse Conceptsdefence, divineWatchfulness, DivineGod Seeing Their AfflictionGod Sending His Son

“Look, I will make Jerusalem a cup that causes staggering for the peoples who surround the city. The siege against Jerusalem will also involve Judah.

Verse ConceptsAttacks On Jerusalem ForetoldGod Making DrunkRebirth Of IsraelPrayer For Jerusalem

Jesus said, “Who touched Me?” While they all were denying it, Peter [and those who were with him] said, “Master, the people are crowding and pushing against You!”

Verse ConceptsPopularity Of ChristCrowds Around JesusPressingTouching For HealingContradictingWho Is The Doer?

For the days will come on you when your enemies will build an embankment against you, surround you, and hem you in on every side.

Verse ConceptsSiegesThe Prophecy Towards JerusalemEnemies SurroundingAttacks On Jerusalem ForetoldSiege Moundsinvesting

For the time will come when people will not tolerate healthy doctrine, but with itching ears will surround themselves with teachers who cater to their people's own desires.

Verse ConceptsFalse TeachingsFalse Teachers, Characteristics OfEarsGuidance, Need For God'sManipulationTeachingCultsApostasy, CauseEvil TimesRefusing To HearSound DoctrineDoctrines of the The Gospelphotographydoctrine

and they did go up over the breadth of the land, and did surround the camp of the saints, and the beloved city, and there came down fire from God out of the heaven, and devoured them;

Verse ConceptsBelovedLightningSpiritual UnderstandingEnemies SurroundingFire From HeavenGod's Intervention

Bible Theasaurus

Besiege (18 instances)
Border (246 instances)
Circle (90 instances)
Circumvent (1 instance)
Encircle (14 instances)
Environ (1 instance)
Environs (10 instances)
Fence (12 instances)
Skirt (19 instances)
Surround (69 instances)
Surroundings (5 instances)

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