Strong G4044περιπείρω
to pierce
- Transliteration
- peripeirō
- Pronunciation
- per-ee-pi'-ro
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
περι-πείρω
to put on a spit, hence, to pierce: metaphorically, ἑαυτὸν... ὀδύναις, 1Ti.6:10.†
(AS)
to put on a spit, hence, to pierce: metaphorically, ἑαυτὸν... ὀδύναις, 1Ti.6:10.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4044 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- pierce1
- through1
First verses
- 1 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
περιπείρω,
put on a spit, π. τι περὶ λόγχην [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Galba” 27)]: metaphorically, pierce, ἑαυτοὺς π. ὀδύναις [NT (NT.1Tim.6.10)]:—passive, to be spitted or pierced, ξίφεσι καὶ λόγχαις [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.80; Χάρακι [prev. author] 19.84; σκόλοπι 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 7.48; ὀβελοῖς 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Gall.” 2)]: metaphorically, to become entangled, δυσαναπορεύτοις βαράθροις περιπαρέντες [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.672; δίκτυα, οἷς ἀνάγκη περιπείρεσθαι [prev. author] 2.411, compare 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 250.11.)]
II run into, τοὺς ὀδόντας τῇ δειρῇ [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Descriptiones” 12.2 (_passive_))]:—passive, ἄγκιστρα περιπαρέντα τοῖς ἰχθύσι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 15.10.)]
put on a spit, π. τι περὶ λόγχην [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Galba” 27)]: metaphorically, pierce, ἑαυτοὺς π. ὀδύναις [NT (NT.1Tim.6.10)]:—passive, to be spitted or pierced, ξίφεσι καὶ λόγχαις [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.80; Χάρακι [prev. author] 19.84; σκόλοπι 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 7.48; ὀβελοῖς 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Gall.” 2)]: metaphorically, to become entangled, δυσαναπορεύτοις βαράθροις περιπαρέντες [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.672; δίκτυα, οἷς ἀνάγκη περιπείρεσθαι [prev. author] 2.411, compare 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 250.11.)]
II run into, τοὺς ὀδόντας τῇ δειρῇ [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Descriptiones” 12.2 (_passive_))]:—passive, ἄγκιστρα περιπαρέντα τοῖς ἰχθύσι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 15.10.)]