What does κυκλόω (kyklóō) mean in the Bible?
κυκλόω (kyklóō) is a Greek word meaning "to surround".
Greek · G2944
κυκλόω
To surround
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κυκλόω G2944
Pronunciation kyklóō
What does κυκλόω (kyklóō) mean in the Bible?
κυκλόω (kyklóō) is a Greek word meaning "to surround".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2944?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include surrounded (2), after [the people] had marched around them (1), gathered around (1), had gathered around (1).
Where does κυκλόω (kyklóō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 21:20. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1), Hebrews (1), John (1), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It surrounded 2× Luke 21:20, Revelation 20:9
after [the people] had marched around them 1× Hebrews 11:30
gathered around 1× John 10:24
had gathered around 1× Acts 14:20
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 21:20 κυκλουμένην to surrounded Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Feminine Singular John 10:24 ἐκύκλωσαν to gathered around Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Acts 14:20 κυκλωσάντων to had gathered around Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural Hebrews 11:30 κυκλωθέντα to after [the people] had marched around them Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Neuter Plural Revelation 20:9 ἐκύκλευσαν to surrounded Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 21:20
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 5
Luke 1 John 1 Acts 1 Hebrews 1 Revelation 1
Source forms
ἐκύκλευσαν 1x ekykleusan Revelation 20:9
ἐκύκλωσαν 1x ekyklōsan John 10:24
κυκλουμένην 1x kykloumenēn Luke 21:20
κυκλωθέντα 1x kyklōthenta Hebrews 11:30
κυκλωσάντων 1x kyklōsantōn Acts 14:20
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural 2x John 10:24, Revelation 20:9
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Acts 14:20
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Neuter Plural 1x Hebrews 11:30
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Luke 21:20
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to surround
Strong's G2944
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to surround
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 21:20 Verb Present Passive Participle Accusative Singular Feminine
κυκλουμένην kukloumenhn
I encircle, besiege, surround
Read verse John 10:24 Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
ἐκύκλωσαν ekuklwsan
I encircle, besiege, surround
Read verse Acts 14:20 Verb Aorist Active Participle Genitive Plural Masculine
κυκλωσάντων kuklwsantwn
I encircle, besiege, surround
Read verse Hebrews 11:30 Verb Aorist Passive Participle Nominative Plural Neuter
κυκλωθέντα kuklwqenta
I encircle, besiege, surround
Read verse Revelation 20:9 Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
ἐκύκλωσαν ekuklwsan
I encircle, besiege, surround
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 4 Tenses Present, Aorist Voices Passive, Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 3×
Present Passive Luke 21:20 1×
Aorist Active Acts 14:20 1×
Aorist Passive Heb 11:30 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Aorist Active John 10:24 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 5 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 4 present 1
Voice
active 3 passive 2
Mood
participle 3 indicative 2
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
κυκλόω is built from this root:
κύκλῳ G2945
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain