Greek Word Study · Strong’s G4066
περίχωρος
perichōros · “region”
Used 9 times across 4 books
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.†
[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.†
Where it appears
Matthew2
Mark1
Luke5
Acts1
In the text
Matthew 3:5Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about Jordan,Matthew 14:35And 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;Mark 1:28And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee.Luke 3:3And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;Luke 4:14And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.Luke 4:37And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.Luke 7:17And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judea, and throughout all the region round about.Luke 8:37Then 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.Acts 14:6They 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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