Strong G4040περίοικος

neighboring

Transliteration
perioikos
Pronunciation
per-ee'-oy-kos
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

From G4012 and G3624; housed around that is neighboring (elliptically as noun): - neighbour.

Detailed definition

περί-οικος, -ον
[in LXX for כִּכָּר, etc.;]
dwelling around; as subst., ὁ π., a neighbour: Luk.1:58 (cf. πλησίον).†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G4040 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • neighbour1

First verses

  1. Luke 1:58
    And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
περίοικος, ον,
dwelling round, οἱ π. Λίβυες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.159)]; οἱ π. neighbours, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.166, 175, 4th c.BC: Ephippus Comicus 5.6)]; ἡ π. (i.e. χώρα) [LXX (LXX.Gen.19.25)]; τὸ π. τοῦ Ἰορδάνου[LXX (LXX.3Ki.7.33(46))]; τὰ π. the neighbouring countries, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Μιθριδάτειος” 112, 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 6.2.1.)]
II in Laconia, οἱ π. the inhabitants of the towns dependent on Sparta, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.58, 9.11, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.101, etc.)]; also in Crete, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1271b30; at Argos, [prev. work] 1303a8)]: hence generally, dependent, subject, περιοίκους τε καὶ οἰκέτας ἔχοντες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 547c; ἐξὸν.. ἅπαντας τοὺς βαρβάρους περιοίκους τῆς Ἑλλάδος καταστῆσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.131.)]
III geographically, περίοικοι, οἱ, those who live on the same parallel of latitude as ourselves but 180° East or West of us, opposed to ἄντοικοι (see. Addenda), ἀντίποδες (which see). [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Geminus Astronomicus 16.1, 2nd c.AD: Cleomedes Astronomus 1.2.)]