Strong's Lexicon
G4042 — περιοχή
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4042 |
|---|---|
| Word: | περιοχή |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G4023 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | perioche |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | per-ee-okh-ay' |
| Meaning: | 1. a being held around 2. (concretely) a passage (of Scripture, as circumscribed) |
| KJV Renderings: | place |
Use Strong's responsibly
Strong's is an index and starting point, not the final meaning of a word. Do not build doctrine from a gloss, root, or number. Test meaning by sentence, grammar, authorial usage, context, and the passage argument.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
περιοχή, περιοχῆς, ἡ (περιέχω, which see);
1. an encompassing, compass, circuit (Theophrastus, Diodorus, Plutarch, others).
2. that which is contained; specifically, the contents of any writing, Act 8:32 (Cicero, ad Attic. 13, 25; Stobaeus, eclog. ethic., p. 164 (ii., p. 541, Gaisford edition)) (but A. V. place i. e. passage; cf. Sophocles’ Lexicon, under the word).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
περιοχή (place)
Acts 8:32
- KJV: The place of the scripture which he read was this He was led as a sheep to the slaughter and like a lamb dumb before his shearer so opened he not his mouth
- GK: η δε περιοχή της γραφής ην ανεγίνωσκεν ην αύτη ως πρόβατον επί σφαγήν ήχθη και ως αμνός εναντίον του κείροντος αυτόν άφωνος ούτως ουκ ανοίγει το στόμα αυτού
Semantic & Concept Relationships
Explore source-defined lexical senses and semantic domains related to this Strong's entry. These links support vocabulary discovery; they do not determine meaning in any passage.
The Englishman's Concordance section on this page remains the occurrence-navigation authority.
Semantic data in this module is under CC BY-SA 4.0, separate from existing page/site terms. Methodology; methodology JSON; sources and licences; attribution JSON.