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About:
a-bout': The use of this word as a preposition, in the sense of "around," is confined to the Old Testament. In the New Testament, generally an adverb, for Greek hos or "hosei." The Revised Version (British and American) adopts it in several idiomatic translations of mello, referring to what is about to be, i.e. on the point of occurring, or immediately impending, amending the King James Version, in Ac 5:35; 27:2; Re 12:4, etc.
About:
Besides prepositions, the following signify "about": --
| A-1 | Adverb | Strong's Number: g2943 | Greek: kuklothen |
About:
"round about, or all round" (from kuklos, "a circle; Eng., cycle"), is found in the Apocalypse only, 4:3, 4, 8.
| A-2 | Adverb | Strong's Number: g2945 | Greek: kuklo |
About:
the dative case of kuklos (see above), means "round about," lit., "in a circle." It is used in the same way as No. 1, Mar 3:34; 6:6, 36; Luk 9:12; Rom 15:19; Rev 4:6; 5:11; 7:11.
| A-3 | Adverb | Strong's Number: g4225 | Greek: pou |
About:
an indefinite particle, signifying "somewhere, somewhere about, nearly," has a limiting force, with numerals, e.g., Rom 4:19. In referring to a passage in the OT, it is translated "somewhere," in the RV of Hbr 2:6; 4:4 (AV, "in a certain place"); by not mentioning the actual passage referred to, the writer acknowledged the familiar acquaintance of his readers with the OT.
See PLACE.
| A-4 | Adverb | Strong's Number: g3739 | Greek: hos |
About:
usually means "as." Used with numerals it signifies "about," e.g., Mar 5:13; 8: Jhn 1:40; 6:19; 11:18; Act 1:15; Rev 8:1.
| A-5 | Adverb | Strong's Number: g5616 | Greek: hosei |
About:
"as if," before numerals, denotes "about, nearly, something like," with perhaps an indication of greater indefiniteness than No. 4, e.g., Mat 14:21; Luk 3:23; 9:14, 28; Act 2:41; with a measure of space, Luk 22:41, "about a stone's cast."
See LIKE.
| B-1 | Verb | Strong's Number: g3195 | Greek: mello |
About:
signifies
(a) "of intention, to be about to do something," e.g., Act 3:3; 18:14; 20:3; Hbr 8:5;
(b) "of certainty, compulsion or necessity, to be certain to act," e.g., Jhn 6:71.
See ALMOST, BEGIN, COME, INTEND, MEAN, MIND, POINT OF (at), READY, SHALL, SHOULD, TARRY.
Note: Zeteo, "to seek," is translated "were about" in the AV of Act 27:30; RV, correctly, "were seeking to."
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