Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
v.) To besiege on all sides.
2. (v. t.) To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects.
3. (v. t.) To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade.
4. (v. t.) To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said of dangers, obstacles, etc.
5. (v. t.) To occupy; to employ; to use up.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
BESETbe-set' (euperistatos): The most common sense of this word is "to surround." This is the thought in Psalm 139:5, and teaches the omnipresence of God. Often wicked men find that the things which they have done so envelope them that they cannot escape ruin (Hosea 7:2). The reference in Hebrews 12:1 is first of all against the sin of apostasy against which repeated warning is given in this book. But the warning is also against any sin that is especially dangerous to us. It, again and again, surrounds us like a besieging army. To surrender would be traitorous and disgraceful, since the Captain of the Lord's host is with us.
Jacob W. Kapp
Greek
4029. perikeimai -- to lie around ... Word Origin from peri and keimai Definition to lie around NASB Word Usage
beset (1), hung (2), surrounding (1), wearing (1). enclose, encircle, wear.
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4029.htm - 6k2139. euperistatos -- easily encircling
... histemi; well standing around, ie (a competitor) thwarting (a racer) in every direction
(figuratively, of sin in genitive case) -- which doth so easily beset. ...
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Strong's Hebrew
3803. kathar -- to surround... root Definition to surround NASB Word Usage crowned (1), encircled (1), surround
(2), surrounded (1), wait (1).
beset round, compass about, be crowne, suffer.
... /hebrew/3803.htm - 6k 5437. sabab -- to turn about, go around, surround
... and figuratively (as follows) -- bring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, X whirl,
X round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege ...
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6696. tsuwr -- to confine, bind, besiege
... adversary, assault, beset, besiege, bind up, cast, distress, fashion, A
primitive root; to cramp, ie Confine (in many applications ...
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2314. chadar -- to surround, enclose
... enter a privy chamber. A primitive root; properly, to inclose (as a room), ie (by
analogy,) to beset (as in a siege) -- enter a privy chamber. 2313, 2314. ...
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Library
The Second virtue of the Manich??ans Beset with the Former, and ...
... Chapter XIX."The Second Virtue of the Manich??ans Beset with the Former, and with
New Absurdities; Virtue, Active and Passive, the Fashioner of Matter, and ...
/.../alexander/of the manichaeans/chapter xix the second virtue of.htm
Heralds of the Gospel
... satanic influence. Although sorely beset by Satan, Paul had the courage to
rebuke the one through whom the enemy was working. "Filled ...
/.../white/the acts of the apostles/lesson 17 heralds of the.htm
What the Christians Believe Regarding the Supreme Good and Evil ...
... spirit. So long, therefore, as we are beset by this weakness, this plague,
this disease, how shall we dare to say that we are safe? ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 4 what the christians believe.htm
The Great High-Priest.
... temptation. We dare not say that mere man would certainly have yielded to the
sore trials that beset Jesus. ... offers. Special trials beset Him. ...
/.../chapter iv the great high-priest.htm
The Christian Convert Warned Of, and Animated against those ...
... required us "to strive to enter in at the strait gate," (Luke 13:23) thereby intimating,
not only that the passage is narrow, but that it is beset with enemies ...
/.../chapter xvi the christian convert.htm
Temptation
... Now these temptations specially beset religious men"men who are, or fancy themselves,
superior to their fellow-men, more favoured by God, and with nobler ...
/.../kingsley/all saints day and other sermons/sermon vii temptation.htm
Predictions of Christ in Ps. xxii.
... Many calves have compassed me; fat bulls have beset me round. ... For many dogs have
surrounded me; the assembly of the wicked have beset me round. ...
/.../chapter xcviii predictions of christ in.htm
The Pharisees are the Bulls: the Roaring Lion is Herod or the ...
... "Then what is next said in the Psalm"For trouble is near, for there is none to help
me. Many calves have compassed me; fat bulls have beset me round. ...
/.../chapter ciii the pharisees are the.htm
January the First the Unknown Journey
... Concerning his yesterdays faith says, "Thou hast beset me behind." Concerning his
to-morrows faith says, "Thou hast beset me before." Concerning his to-day ...
/.../my daily meditation for the circling year/january the first the unknown.htm
September the Eighteenth the All-Round Defence
... SEPTEMBER The Eighteenth THE ALL-ROUND DEFENCE. "Thou hast beset me behind."
"Psalm 139:1-12. And ... complete. "Thou hast beset me ... ...
/.../september the eighteenth the all-round.htm
Thesaurus
Beset (16 Occurrences)... 5. (vt) To occupy; to employ; to use up. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
BESET.
... Jacob W. Kapp. Multi-Version Concordance
Beset (16 Occurrences).
.../b/beset.htm - 12kEncompassed (34 Occurrences)
... 1 Wherefore, seeing we also are encompassed with so great a cloud of witnesses,
let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and ...
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Bestead (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (imp. & pp) of Bestead. 2. (vt) To put in a certain situation or condition;
to circumstance; to place. 3. (vt) To put in peril; to beset. ...
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Besiege (17 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (vt) To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose
of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset. ...
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Compassed (52 Occurrences)
... Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses,
let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and ...
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Obsession (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) The act of besieging. 2. (n.) The state of being besieged; -- used specifically
of a person beset by a spirit from without. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Lowest (28 Occurrences)
... and taken to themselves certain wicked men of the lowest rabble, and having got
a crowd together, set the city in confusion; and having beset the house of ...
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Gib'e-ah (45 Occurrences)
... Judges 20:5 And the men of Gib'e-ah rose against me, and beset the house round about
me by night; they meant to kill me, and they ravished my concubine, and ...
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Worry (14 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an anxiety; to vex;
to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret; to trouble; to plague. ...
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Waylay (3 Occurrences)
... (vt) To lie in wait for; to meet or encounter in the way; especially, to watch for
the passing of, with a view to seize, rob, or slay; to beset in ambush. ...
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Resources
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