Strong G4066περίχωρος

region

Transliteration
perichōros
Pronunciation
per-ikh'-o-ros
Morphology
Greek Noun

Definition

From G4012 and G5561; around the region that is circumjacent (as noun with G1093 implied vicinity): - country (round) about region (that lieth) round about.

Detailed definition

περί-χωρος, -ον
[in LXX: chiefly (ἡ π.) for כִּכָּר;]
round about, neighbouring (Dem., Plut., al.). In LXX and NT, as subst., ἡ π. (sc. γῆ), the region round about: Mat.14:35, Mrk.1:28, Luk.4:14, 37 7:17 8:37, Act.14:6; ἡ π. τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, Luk.3:3; by meton. for the people of the same region, Mat.3:5.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G4066 appears in 10 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • round9
  • country2

First verses

  1. Matthew 3:5
    Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about Jordan,
  2. Matthew 14:35
    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;
  3. Mark 1:28
    And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee.
  4. Mark 6:55
    And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.
  5. Luke 3:3
    And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
  6. Luke 4:14
    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.
  7. Luke 4:37
    And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.
  8. Luke 7:17
    And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judea, and throughout all the region round about.
  9. Luke 8:37
    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.
  10. Acts 14:6
    They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
περίχωρ-ος, ον,
round about a place: οἱ π. the people about, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.266, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cat.Ma.” 25, “Eum.” 15, etc.)]; ἡ π. (i.e. γῆ) the country round about, [LXX+NT (LXX.Gen.13.10, +others, NT.Matt.14.35)]; τὰ π. [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Palaephatus Paradoxographus 20.)]