preposition
kuklothen
Greekκυκλόθεν (kuklothen)
Strong’sG2943
in a circle round
stem kuklothen-3 times in the New Testament
Translated as
What it means
κυκλόθεν,
adv.,(< κύκλος), [in LXX chiefly for מִסָּבִיב, סָבִיב;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2943 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkoo-kloth'-en
from the circle, i.e. all around
Fromadverb from the same as G2945;
King James(round) about.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
kuklothen3×
Revelation 4:3“around”kai tos katherōtos homoios horasia litho iaspia kai sardie, kai irias kuklothen tou thronou homoios horasia smaragdino.The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.
Revelation 4:4“around”kai kuklothen tou thronou thronois eikosi tessares, kai epi toin thronoin eikosi tessares presbuteroin katherōtoin periballerētoin en himatiei leukei, kai epi tain kefalain autoiu stefanoin chrusouoin.Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads.
Revelation 4:8“around”kai teim tessares zōeim, henem kata henem auteiu echarōtos ana pteruxain hex, kuklothen kai esōthen gemalō ofthalmoiu; kai anapausian ouk echalō hēmerau kai nuxau legarōtois; Hagios hagios hagios kurios, tos theos, tos pantokratōros, tos ate kai tos arōtos kai tos ercherōtos.And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”