around
sa.viv marks what encircles an object, lies on all sides, or is situated in the surrounding area.
The word describes spatial relation broadly: something may encircle a structure or person, occupy the area around a place, or be present on every side. The supplied verses also use it for surrounding peoples, cities, and enemies, while a few clauses present movement or proclamation through a land.
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Encircling or surrounding space · dominant
The singular absolute form occurs in descriptions of a physical perimeter or encirclement: in 1 Kings 7:23 the APB renders the cast sea as “round all around” and says that a line “went around it,” while 2 Kings 11:8 has armed people surrounding the king. The same spatial relation extends to places and groups nearby: Deuteronomy 17:14 refers to nations “around me,” and Exodus 7:24 describes Egyptians digging “around the Nile.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB uses expressions such as “around,” “all around,” “on every side,” and “surrounding.” These render the verses' spatial setting, but the translation does not identify a fixed English equivalent for each occurrence.