Strong's Lexicon
G4029 — περίκειμαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4029 |
|---|---|
| Word: | περίκειμαι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G4012 and G2749 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 5 |
| Transliteration: | perikeimai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | per-ik'-ei-mai |
| Meaning: | 1. to lie all around, i.e. inclose, encircle, hamper {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | be bound (compassed) with, hang about |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
περίκειμαι; (περί and κεῖμαι); from Homer down;
1. to lie around (cf. περί, III. 1): περί (cf. Winer’s Grammar, § 52, 4, 12) τί (A. V. were hanged, Mar 9:42); Luk 17:2; ἔχοντες περικείμενον ἡμῖν νέφος (A. V. are composed about with a cloud etc.), Heb 12:1.
2. passively (cf. Buttmann, 50 (44)), to be compassed with, have round one, (with the accusative; cf. Winers Grammar, § 32, 5; Buttmann, § 134, 7): ἅλυσιν, Act 28:20 (δεσμά, 4Ma 12:3); ἀσθένειαν, infirmity cleaves to me, Heb 5:2 (ὕβριν, Theocritus, 23,14; ἀμαυρωσιν, νέφος, Clement of Rome, 2Co 1:1-24; 2Co 6:1-18 [ET]).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
περίκειμαι (be bound (compassed) with)
Mark 9:42
- KJV: And whosoever shall offend one of little ones that believe in me it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and he were cast into the sea
- GK: και ος αν σκανδαλίση ένα των μικρών των πιστεύοντων εις εμέ καλόν εστιν αυτώ μάλλον ει περίκειται λίθος μυλικός περί τον τράχηλον αυτού και βέβληται εις την θάλασσαν
Luke 17:2
- KJV: It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and he cast into the sea than that he should offend one of these little ones
- GK: λυσιτελεί αυτώ ει μύλος ονικός περίκειται περί τον τράχηλον αυτού και έρριπται εις την θάλασσαν η ίνα σκανδαλίση ένα των μικρών τούτων
Acts 28:20
- KJV: For this cause therefore have I called for you to see and to speak with because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain
- GK: διά ταύτην ουν την αιτίαν παρεκάλεσα υμάς ιδείν και προσλαλήσαι ένεκεν γαρ της ελπίδος του Ισραήλ την άλυσιν ταύτην περίκειμαι
Hebrews 5:2
- KJV: Who can have compassion on the ignorant and on them that are out of the way for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity
- GK: μετριοπαθείν δυνάμενος τοις αγνοούσι και πλανωμένοις επεί και αυτός περίκειται ασθένειαν
Hebrews 12:1
- KJV: Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses let us lay aside every weight and the sin which doth so easily beset let us run with patience the race that is set before us
- GK: τοιγαρούν και ημείς τοσούτον έχοντες περικείμενον ημίν νέφος μαρτύρων όγκον αποθέμενοι πάντα και την ευπερίστατον αμαρτίαν δι΄ υπομονής τρέχωμεν τον προκείμενον ημίν αγώνα