- κύκλῳ
- κύκλῳ dat. (of κύκλος) of place, fixed as an adv. (B-D-F §199; Rob. 295f; 644) ‘around, all around’, lit. ‘in a circle’ (Hom.+).① pert. to encirclement, around as adv. (Jos., Ant. 14, 418; 15, 337) κ. περιτειχίζειν MPol 15:2. πόλις περιτετειχισμένη κύκλῳ Hm 12, 9, 5. οἱ περὶ αὐτὸν κύκλῳ καθήμενοι Mk 3:34 (cp. 1 Esdr 4:11 and κύκλῳ περί τι Hdt. 1, 185; Pla., Phd. 111c; EpArist 63).—Sim. used as prep. w. gen. (X., Cyr. 4, 5, 5; Polyb. 4, 21, 9; OGI 455, 12; CPR I, 42, 10; PFay 110, 7; PTebt 342, 26; Gen 35:5; Ex 7:24; 16:13 al.; En 14:11; OdeSol 11:16; TestAbr A 15 p. 95, 22 [Stone p. 38] and B 8 p. 112, 23 [St. p. 72]) κ. τοῦ θρόνου around the throne Rv 4:6; 5:11 (s. κυκλόθεν 2 end); 7:11. κ. τοῦ πύργου around the tower Hv 3, 2, 8; 3, 4, 2; 3, 8, 2; Hs 9, 7, 3; 9, 9, 6; 9, 11, 4; κ. τοῦ πεδίου around the plain 9, 1, 4; cp. τὰ κ. τοῦ πύργου 9, 7, 6; 9, 10, 1f; κ. τῆς πύλης around the gate 9, 2, 3; 9, 3, 1; 9, 4, 1; around Christ 9, 6, 2.② pert. to all directions from a point of reference, around, as adv. περιῆγεν τ. κώμας κ. he went around among the villages Mk 6:6.—Sim. preceded by the art., and used as an adj. around, nearby (X., Cyr. 7, 2, 23; Arrian, Anab. 6, 15, 7 τὰ κύκλῳ ἔθνη; Bar 2:4b; 2 Macc 4:32 αἱ κ. πόλεις TestJob 30:5) εἰς τοὺς κ. ἀγρούς into the farms nearby Mk 6:36. εἰς τὰς κ. κώμας into the villages around here Lk 9:12.③ pert. to completion of a circuit, around, as adv. ἀπὸ Ἰερουσαλὴμ καὶ κύκλῳ Ro 15:19 (AGeyser, Un Essai d’Explication de Ro 15:19, NTS 6, ’60, 156–59) is either (beginning) from Jerusalem and its environs (BWeiss) or prob. better beginning from Jerus. and traveling around (describing a circle) (Zahn, Ltzm., Sickenberger, Althaus). This avoids giving the impression that Paul traveled in a straight line, and agrees better w. the comprehensive nature of his activity (cp. PLond III, 981, 8–11 p. 242 [IV A.D.] ἡ εὐφημία σου περιεκύκλωσεν τ. κόσμον ὅλον=‘travel about in’. Maximus Tyr. 25, 1c Ἀνάχαρσις περιῄει τὴν Ἑλλάδα ἐν κύκλῳ). Perhaps it would be better to render κύκλῳ with in an arc or curve (Appian, Mithrid. 101 §467: Mithridates, on his march from Dioscurias on the east shore of the Black Sea wishes to go around τὸν Πόντον ὅλον ἐν κύκλῳ=the whole Black Sea in a curved path, as far as Lake Maeotis=the Sea of Azov).—περιάγειν κύκλῳ τοῦ πύργου Hs 9, 11, 4f.—See B. 905. DELG s.v. κύκλος. M-M.
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