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It is used to describe the act of drawing a circle or the idea of encompassing something. In the biblical context, it often refers to the circular nature of the earth or the heavens, emphasizing God's sovereignty and the order of creation.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Near Eastern cosmology, the concept of a circular earth or heavens was common. The use of "chug" in the Hebrew Bible reflects this understanding and highlights the belief in a divinely ordered universe. The imagery of a circle also conveys completeness and perfection, attributes often associated with God's creation and His eternal nature.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. root<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to draw around, make a circle<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>inscribed a circle (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> [<font class="hebrew2">חוּג</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>draw round, make a circle</b></font> (Aramaic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb029506.gif"> <em>circumivit</em>; noun <img src="/bdbgif/bdb029507.gif">, <font class="hebrew2">חוּגְתָּא</font>, <em>circle, vault of heavens</em>) — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font> <em>Perfect</em> <font class="hebrew2">חֹק חָג עלפֿני</font> <font class="hebrew2">מים</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/26-10.htm">Job 26:10</a> (compare <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/8-27.htm">Proverbs 8:27</a>), <em>hath drawn as a circle</em> a bound, etc., of the horizon-line. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>compass <p>A primitive root (compare <a href="/hebrew/2287.htm">chagag</a>); to describe a circle -- compass. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/2287.htm">chagag</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>חָ֭ג חג chag ḥāḡ<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/job/26-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 26:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/26.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> חֹֽק־ <b> חָ֭ג </b> עַל־ פְּנֵי־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/26.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">He has inscribed a circle</span> on the surface<br><a href="/kjvs/job/26.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">He hath compassed</span> the waters<br><a href="/interlinear/job/26-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> bounds <span class="itali">has inscribed</span> on the surface<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2328.htm">1 Occurrence</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2328.htm">Strong's Hebrew 2328<br>1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/chag_2328.htm">ḥāḡ — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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