'Surrounding' in the Bible

Also included were all the surrounding villages as far as Baalath-beer, in Ramah of the Negev. This was the inheritance of the tribe of Simeon, according to its families.

They gave them Kiriath-arba, also known as Hebron, (Arba was named after the ancestor of Anak), in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding pasture lands.

But the fields adjoining the city and its surrounding villages were given to Jephunneh's son Caleb.

Many years later, after the LORD had given peace between Israel and all its surrounding enemies, and after Joshua had become very old,