"all around, round about, Rev. 4:3, 4, 8*"
Definition and meaning
all around, round about, Rev. 4:3, 4, 8*
In the original Greek the word is written: κυκλόθεν
Historical context
Domitian required people across the empire to address him as Dominus et Deus — Lord and God. Christians who refused to burn incense before the emperor's image faced economic exclusion and imprisonment. The book was written in apocalyptic imagery that believers would recognize but Roman authorities would not — a letter of resistance written to people being crushed by the most powerful empire on earth.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of kyklothen (G2943) across the King James Bible.
And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
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Common questions
Strong's G2943 (kyklothen) is a Greek word that means: all around, round about, Rev. 4:3, 4, 8* It appears 4 times in the King James Bible.
The word kyklothen (G2943) appears 4 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G2943 is kyklothen, a Greek word defined as: all around, round about, Rev. 4:3, 4, 8*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
kyklothen is a Greek word found in the New Testament.