Strong G4042περιοχή

passage

Transliteration
periochē
Pronunciation
per-ee-okh-ay'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine) OR Greek Verb

Definition

From G4023; a being held around that is (concretely) a passage (of Scripture as circumscribed): - place.

Detailed definition

περι-οχή, -ῆς, ἡ
(περιέχω), [in LXX for מָצוּד, מָצוֹר, etc.;]
1. compass, circumference.

2. a portion circumscribed, a section: Act.8:32.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G4042 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • place1

First verses

  1. Acts 8:32
    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:
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Related words

Detailed Greek dictionary
περιοχ-ή, ἡ,
(περιέχω) a containing, enclosing, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1078b, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Hermes Trismegistus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 1.49.69.)]
2 compass, circumference, σφαίρας [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Placita Philosophorum” 3 “Prooem.”, compare 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 5.4.3, 2nd c.AD: Cleomedes Astronomus 1.11, 2.3, 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 24)]; opposed to μῆκος, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 492.10 (2nd c.AD))]; ἡ ἐκτὸς π., of the body, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Coloribus” 797b22, compare “Pr.” 870a10, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.91)]; κατὰ τὰς τῶν ἐθνῶν π. according to their extent, [Refs ([prev. author] 17.58)]; mass, body, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lysander” 12; π. τις οὐρανοῦ 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.37U.)]; ἀκατάληπτος π., of the world, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Secundus Gnomologus “Sententiae - FPG” 1.)]
3 generally, compass, extent, ἡ π. τῆς ὅλης περιβολῆς καὶ πράξεως [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 11.19.2)]; aggregate, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 88, 95 bis.)]
3.b content of a definition, etc., [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Cornutus Philosophus “Rh.” p.382H., 3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “in Aristotelis Analyticorum Priorum librum I commentarium - pars” 278.11, etc.)]
3.c summary, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Hermes Trismegistus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 1.41.1)]; σύντομος π. [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Timaeum commentarii” 1.73)]; periochae, title of summaries of books of Livy.
4 inclusion, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 3.101)]; κατὰ περιοχήν τινος including.., [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.488.)]
II portion circumscribed or marked off, section of a book, [NT+1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 13.25.3, NT.Act.8.32.)]
III pod, husk, shell, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 1.19.2.)]
III.2 fence, fortification, [LXX (LXX.1Ki.22.4, +others)]; πόλις περιοχῆς[LXX (LXX.Psa.30(31).21, +others)]
IV straitness, ={θλῖψις},{συνοχή}, [Refs 9th c.AD+ (9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc.)]; especially siege, [LXX (LXX.Jer.19.9)]; ἦλθεν πόλις ἐν περιοχῇ[LXX (LXX.2Ki.24.10)]; ὕδωρ περιοχῆς[LXX (LXX.Nah.3.14.)]
V=περιπέτεια, [Refs 9th c.AD+ (9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc.)]