sûr´k 'l : Is used with reference to the vault of the heavens (הוּג , hūgh ) in Isaiah 40:22 , and in a similar sense in The Wisdom of Solomon 13:2 (Revised Version margin), "circle of stars" (κύκλος ἄστρων , kúklos ástrōn ). It is also used in the sense of surrounding territory, as in the expression "circle of Jordan" (Genesis 13:10 the Revised Version, margin). See also CICCAR; ASTRONOMY , III, 1.
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