Beset
Bible Usage:
- beset used 6 times.
- First Reference: Judges 19:22
- Last Reference: Hebrews 12:1
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Beset
BESET', verb transitive preterit tense and participle passive beset
1. To surround; to inclose; to hem in; to besiege; as, we are beset with enemies; a city is beset with troops. Hence,
2. To press on all sides, so as to perplex; to entangle, so as to render escape difficult or impossible.
Adam sore beset replied.
3. To waylay.
4. To fall upon.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Besetting
BESET'TING, participle present tense Surrounding; besieging; waylaying.
BESET'TING, adjective Habitually attending, or pressing; as a besetting sin.