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Lexicon :: Strong's G4066 - perichōros

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περίχωρος
Transliteration
perichōros (Key)
Pronunciation
per-ikh'-o-ros
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

περίχωρος períchōros, per-ikh'-o-ros; from G4012 and G5561; around the region, i.e. circumjacent (as noun, with G1093 implied vicinity):—country (round) about, region (that lieth) round about.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G4066 in the following manner: region round about (5x), country round about (3x), country about (1x), region that lieth around about (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G4066 in the following manner: region round about (5x), country round about (3x), country about (1x), region that lieth around about (1x).

  1. lying round about, neighbouring

    1. the region round about

    2. the region of Jordan

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
περίχωρος períchōros, per-ikh'-o-ros; from G4012 and G5561; around the region, i.e. circumjacent (as noun, with G1093 implied vicinity):—country (round) about, region (that lieth) round about.
STRONGS G4066:
περίχωρος, περίχωρον (περί and χῶρος), lying round about, neighboring (Plutarch, Aelian, Dio Cassius); in the Scriptures ἡ περίχωρος, namely, γῆ, the region round about (which see in B. D.): Matthew 14:35; Mark 1:28; Mark 6:55 (R G L text); Luke 3:3; Luke 4:14, 37; Luke 7:17; Luke 8:37; Acts 14:6 (Genesis 19:17; Deuteronomy 3:13, etc.; τῆς γῆς τῆς περιχώρου, Genesis 19:28, the Alex. manuscript); ἡ περίχωρος τοῦ Ιορδάνου, Luke 3:3 (Genesis 13:10f; for הַיַּרְדֵּן כִּכַּר, the region of the Jordan (cf. B. D. as above)); by metonymy, for its inhabitants: Matthew 3:5. (τό περίχωρον and τά περίχωρα, Deuteronomy 3:4; 1 Chronicles 5:16; 2 Chronicles 4:17, etc.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
13:10; 19:17; 19:28
Deuteronomy
3:4; 3:13
1 Chronicles
5:16
2 Chronicles
4:17
Matthew
3:5; 14:35
Mark
1:28; 6:55
Luke
3:3; 3:3; 4:14; 4:37; 7:17; 8:37
Acts
14:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4066 matches the Greek περίχωρος (perichōros),
which occurs 21 times in 20 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:10 - Lot took a long look at the fertile plains of the Jordan Valley in the direction of Zoar. The whole area was well watered everywhere, like the garden of the LORD or the beautiful land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:11 - Lot chose for himself the whole Jordan Valley to the east of them. He went there with his flocks and servants and parted company with his uncle Abram.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:12 - So Abram settled in the land of Canaan, and Lot moved his tents to a place near Sodom and settled among the cities of the plain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:17 - When they were safely out of the city, one of the angels ordered, “Run for your lives! And don’t look back or stop anywhere in the valley! Escape to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:28 - He looked out across the plain toward Sodom and Gomorrah and watched as columns of smoke rose from the cities like smoke from a furnace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:4 - We conquered all sixty of his towns—the entire Argob region in his kingdom of Bashan. Not a single town escaped our conquest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:13 - Then I gave the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan—Og’s former kingdom—to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (This entire Argob region of Bashan used to be known as the land of the Rephaites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:14 - Jair, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh, conquered the whole Argob region in Bashan, all the way to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. Jair renamed this region after himself, calling it the Towns of Jair,[fn] as it is still known today.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:3 - the Negev; the Jordan Valley with Jericho—the city of palms—as far as Zoar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:16 - The Gadites lived in the land of Gilead, in Bashan and its villages, and throughout all the pasturelands of Sharon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:17 - The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zarethan.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:4 - Ben-hadad agreed to King Asa’s request and sent the commanders of his army to attack the towns of Israel. They conquered the towns of Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah,[fn] and all the store cities in Naphtali.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:9 - Rephaiah son of Hur, the leader of half the district of Jerusalem, was next to them on the wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:12 - Shallum son of Hallohesh and his daughters repaired the next section. He was the leader of the other half of the district of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:14 - The Dung Gate was repaired by Malkijah son of Recab, the leader of the Beth-hakkerem district. He rebuilt it, set up its doors, and installed its bolts and bars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:16 - Next to him was Nehemiah son of Azbuk, the leader of half the district of Beth-zur. He rebuilt the wall from a place across from the tombs of David’s family as far as the water reservoir and the House of the Warriors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:17 - Next to him, repairs were made by a group of Levites working under the supervision of Rehum son of Bani. Then came Hashabiah, the leader of half the district of Keilah, who supervised the building of the wall on behalf of his own district.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:18 - Next down the line were his countrymen led by Binnui[fn] son of Henadad, the leader of the other half of the district of Keilah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:28 - The singers were brought together from the region around Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:12 - he called for Queen Esther. He said, “The Jews have killed 500 men in the fortress of Susa alone, as well as Haman’s ten sons. If they have done that here, what has happened in the rest of the provinces? But now, what more do you want? It will be granted to you; tell me and I will do it.”
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