the apparent diurnal revolution of the sun round the earth (
Psalms 19:6 ), and the changes of the wind (Eccl 1:6 ). In Job
22:14 , "in the circuit of heaven" (RSV marg., "on the vault of
heaven") means the "arch of heaven," which seems to be bent over
our heads. sur'-kit, "a going around": Used to represent several
Hebrew words in several senses, e.g. the sun's orbit (tequphah),
Psalms 19:6; the vault of the heavens (chugh), Job 22:14 the
King James Version; the circuit of the winds (cabhibh),
Ecclesiastes 1:6 (see ASTRONOMY); Samuel's visiting of
communities (cabhabh), 1 Samuel 7:16. In the Revised Version
(British and American) the idea of encircling or "fetching a
compass" (the King James Version) is expressed by the phrase "to
make a circuit" (hacebh), 2 Samuel 5:23; 2 Kings 3:9; and in the
Revised Version, margin it indicates a plain (ha-kikkar),
Nehemiah 3:22. The Greek perielthontes is translated in the same
way (Acts 28:13), but the Revised Version, margin reads "cast
loose," following the Westcott a