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Lexicon :: Strong's G4029 - perikeimai

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περίκειμαι
Transliteration
perikeimai (Key)
Pronunciation
per-ik'-i-mahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
5x in 3 unique form(s) TR
5x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:656,425

Strong’s Definitions

περίκειμαι períkeimai, per-ik'-i-mahee; from G4012 and G2749; to lie all around, i.e. inclose, encircle, hamper (literally or figuratively):—be bound (compassed) with, hang about.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G4029 in the following manner: be hanged (2x), be bound with (1x), be compassed with (1x), be compassed about with (with G2192) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G4029 in the following manner: be hanged (2x), be bound with (1x), be compassed with (1x), be compassed about with (with G2192) (1x).

  1. to lie around

  2. to be compassed with, have round one

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
περίκειμαι períkeimai, per-ik'-i-mahee; from G4012 and G2749; to lie all around, i.e. inclose, encircle, hamper (literally or figuratively):—be bound (compassed) with, hang about.
STRONGS G4029:
περίκειμαι; (περί and κεῖμαι); from Homer down;
1. to lie around (cf. περί, III. 1): περί (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 52, 4, 12) τί (A. V. were hanged, Mark 9:42); Luke 17:2; ἔχοντες περικείμενον ἡμῖν νέφος (A. V. are composed about with a cloud etc.), Hebrews 12:1.
2. passively (cf. Buttmann, 50 (44)), to be compassed with, have round one, (with the accusative; cf. Winers Grammar, § 32, 5; Buttmann, § 134, 7): ἅλυσιν, Acts 28:20 (δεσμά, 4 Macc. 12:3); ἀσθένειαν, infirmity cleaves to me, Hebrews 5:2 (ὕβριν, Theocritus, 23,14; ἀμαυρωσιν, νέφος, Clement of Rome, 2 Cor. 1, 6 [ET]).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
9:42
Luke
17:2
Acts
28:20
Hebrews
5:2; 12:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4029 matches the Greek περίκειμαι (perikeimai),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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