Strong's Lexicon
G4066 — περίχωρος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4066 |
|---|---|
| Word: | περίχωρος |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G4012 and G5561 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 9 |
| Transliteration: | perichoros |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | per-ikh'-o-ros |
| Meaning: | 1. around the region, i.e. circumjacent {(as noun, with G1093 implied vicinity)} |
| KJV Renderings: | country (round) about, region (that lieth) round about |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
περίχωρος, περίχωρον (περί and χῶρος), lying round about, neighboring (Plutarch, Aelian, Dio Cassius); in the Scriptures ἡ περίχωρος, namely, γῆ, the region round about (which see in B. D.): Mat 14:35; Mar 1:28; Mar 6:55 (R G L text); Luk 3:3; Luk 4:14; Luk 4:37; Luk 7:17; Luk 8:37; Act 14:6 (Gen 19:17; Deu 3:13, etc.; τῆς γῆς τῆς περιχώρου, Gen 19:28, the Alex. manuscript); ἡ περίχωρος τοῦ Ιορδάνου, Luk 3:3 (Gen 13:10 f; for äÇéÇÌøÀãÅÌï ëÄÌëÇÌø, the region of the Jordan (cf. B. D. as above)); by metonymy, for its inhabitants: Mat 3:5. (τό περίχωρον and τά περίχωρα, Deu 3:4; 1Ch 5:16; 2Ch 4:17, etc.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
περίχωρος (country (round) about)
Matthew 3:5
- KJV: Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judaea and all the region round about Jordan
- GK: τότε εξεπορεύετο προς αυτόν Ιεροσόλυμα και πάσα η Ιουδαία και πάσα η περίχωρος του Ιορδάνου
Matthew 14:35
- KJV: And when the men of that place had knowledge of him they sent out into all that country round about and brought unto him all that were diseased
- GK: και επιγνόντες αυτόν οι άνδρες του τόπου εκείνου απέστειλαν εις όλην την περίχωρον εκείνην και προσήνεγκαν αυτώ πάντας τους κακώς έχοντας
Mark 1:28
- KJV: And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee
- GK: εξήλθε δε η ακοή αυτού ευθύς εις όλην την περίχωρον της Γαλιλαίας
Mark 6:55
- KJV: And ran through that whole region round about and began to carry about in beds those that were sick where they heard he was
- GK: περιδραμόντες όλην την περίχωρον εκείνην ήρξαντο επί τοις κραββάτοις τους κακώς έχοντας περιφέρειν όπου ήκουον ότι εκεί εστι
Luke 3:3
- KJV: And he came into all the country about Jordan preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins
- GK: και ήλθεν εις πάσαν την περίχωρον του Ιορδάνου κηρύσσων βάπτισμα μετανοίας εις άφεσιν αμαρτιών
Luke 4:14
- KJV: And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about
- GK: και υπέστρεψεν ο Ιησούς εν τη δυνάμει του πνεύματος εις την Γαλιλαίαν και φήμη εξήλθε καθ΄ όλης της περιχώρου περί αυτού
Luke 4:37
- KJV: And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about
- GK: και εξεπορεύετο ήχος περί αυτού εις πάντα τόπον της περιχώρου
Luke 7:17
- KJV: And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judæa and throughout all the region round about
- GK: και εξήλθεν ο λόγος ούτος εν όλη τη Ιουδαία περί αυτού και εν πάση τη περιχώρω
Luke 8:37
- KJV: Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them for they were taken with great fear and he went up into the ship and returned back again
- GK: και ηρώτησαν αυτόν άπαν το πλήθος της περιχώρου των Γαδαρηνών απελθείν απ΄ αυτών ότι φόβω μεγάλω συνείχοντο αυτός δε εμβάς εις το πλοίον υπέστρεψεν