Lexical Summary periochē: circumference, a portion circumscribed Original Word: περιοχήTransliteration: periochē Phonetic Spelling: (per-ee-okh-ay') Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: circumference, a portion circumscribed Meaning: circumference, a portion circumscribed Strong's Concordance Scripture passageFrom periecho; a being held around, i.e. (concretely) a passage (of Scripture, as circumscribed) -- place. see GREEK periecho Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4042: περιοχήπεριοχή, περιοχῆς, ἡ (περιέχω, which see); 1. an encompassing, compass, circuit (Theophrastus, Diodorus, Plutarch, others). 2. that which is contained; specifically, the contents of any writing, Acts 8:32 (Cicero, ad Attic. 13, 25; Stobaeus, eclog. ethic., p. 164 (ii., p. 541, Gaisford edition)) (but A. V. place i. e. passage; cf. Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word). |
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