Strong's #3803: kathar (pronounced kaw-thar')

a primitive root; to enclose; hence (in a friendly sense) to crown, (in a hostile one) to besiege; also to wait (as restraining oneself):--beset round, compass about, be crowned inclose round, suffer.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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kâthar

1) to surround

1a) (Piel) to surround

1b) (Hiphil) to surround, encircle

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: a primitive root

Usage:

This word is used 6 times:

 

Judges 20:43: " Thus they enclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trod them down with ease over against"
Job 36:2: " Suffer me a little, and I will show thee that I have yet to speak on God's"
Psalms 22:12: "have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round."
Psalms 142:7: "of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully"
Proverbs 14:18: "inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge."
Habakkuk 1:4: "doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous;"