Environ
Bible Usage:
- environ used once.
- Bible Reference: Joshua 7:9
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: No
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: No
ENVI'RON, verb transitive [Eng. to veer.]
1. To surround; to encompass; to encircle; as a plain environed with mountains.
2. To involve; to envelop; as, to environ with darkness, or with difficulties.
3. To besiege; as a city environed with troops.
4. To inclose; to invest.
That soldier, that man of iron,
Whom ribs of horror all environ
ENVI'RONED, participle passive Surrounded; encompassed; besieged; involved; invested.
ENVI'RONING, participle present tense Surrounding; encircling; besieging; inclosing; involving; investing. The appropriation of different parts of the globe to some particular specles of stone environing it.
ENVI'RONS, noun plural The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood, on different sides; as the environs of a city or town.