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kom-pakt´, kom-pakt´ed (חבר, hÌ£aÌ„bhar, “to be joinedâ€; συμβιβαÌζω, sumbibaÌzoÌ„, “to raise up togetherâ€): “Compact†appears as translation of hÌ£aÌ„bhar in , “Jerus ... a city that is compact together†(well built, its breaches restored, walls complete, and separate from all around it); and “compacted†(sumbibazoÌ„) occurs in the King James Version , “fitly joined together and compacted,†the Revised Version (British and American) “fitly framed and knit together.†In the Revised Version (British and American) “compacted†is also the translation of συνιÌστημι, sunıÌsteÌ„mi, “to set together†(), “an earth compacted out of water and amidst (margin, through) water,†which suggests the idea of water as the primary material (compare ).