circumference

13 occurrences across the corpus

1 Enoch

1 Enoch 18:4

I saw the winds of heaven which turn and bring the circumference of the sun and all the stars to their setting.

1 Enoch 72:4

And first there goes forth the great luminary, named the Sun, and his circumference is like the circumference of the heaven, and he is quite filled with illuminating and heating fire.

1 Enoch 72:4

And first there goes forth the great luminary, named the Sun, and his circumference is like the circumference of the heaven, and he is quite filled with illuminating and heating fire.

1 Enoch 73:2

And her circumference is like the circumference of the heaven, and her chariot in which she rides is driven by the wind, and light is given to her in (definite) measure.

1 Enoch 73:2

And her circumference is like the circumference of the heaven, and her chariot in which she rides is driven by the wind, and light is given to her in (definite) measure.

1 Enoch 73:5

And the one half of her goes forth by a seventh part, and her whole circumference is empty, without light, with the exception of one-seventh part of it, (and) the fourteenth part of her light.

1 Enoch 75:4

In like manner twelve doors Uriel showed me, open in the circumference of the sun's chariot in the heaven, through which the rays of the sun break forth: and from them is warmth diffused over the earth, when they are opened at their appointed seasons.

1 Enoch 78:3

These are the two great luminaries: their circumference is like the circumference of the heaven, and the size of the circumference of both is alike.

1 Enoch 78:3

These are the two great luminaries: their circumference is like the circumference of the heaven, and the size of the circumference of both is alike.

1 Enoch 78:3

These are the two great luminaries: their circumference is like the circumference of the heaven, and the size of the circumference of both is alike.

1 Enoch 78:4

In the circumference of the sun there are seven portions of light which are added to it more than to the moon, and in definite measures it is s transferred till the seventh portion of the sun is exhausted.

1 Enoch 78:14

On the side whence the light of the moon comes forth, there again she wanes till all the light vanishes and all the days of the month are at an end, and her circumference is empty, void of light.

OT Pseudepigrapha

The Letter of Aristeas 5:2

It is about forty furlongs [*1] in circumference, as far as one could conjecture.