Lexical Summary mesab or mesibbim or mesibboth: that which surrounds or is round Original Word: מֵסַבTransliteration: mesab or mesibbim or mesibboth Phonetic Spelling: (may-sab') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: that which surrounds or is round Meaning: that which surrounds or is round Strong's Concordance that compass about, place round about, at table Plural masculine mcibbiym {mes-ib-beem'}; or feminine mcibbowth {mes-ib-bohth'}; from cabab; a divan (as enclosing the room); abstractly (adverbial) around -- that compass about, (place) round about, at table. see HEBREW cabab Brown-Driver-Briggs H4524. mesab or mesibbim or mesibboth מֵסַב noun [masculine] that which surrounds, or is round; — 1. a. plural surrounding places, ׳יְרוּשׁ מְסִבֵּי 2 Kings 23:5 places round about Jerusalem. b. as adverb מֵסַב round about 1 Kings 6:29; feminine plural מְסִבּוֺת on all sides, in all directions, Job 37:12 (of cloud Di < of lightning Bu Du). 2 suffix מְסִבּוֺ Song of Solomon 1:12 dubious: round table Ew De; cushion, divan Bae Kau; compare on all these Bu. — מְסִבָּ֑י Psalm 140:10 see סבב Hiph`il |