4029. perikeimai
Strong's Concordance
perikeimai: to lie around
Original Word: περίκειμαι
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: perikeimai
Phonetic Spelling: (per-ik'-i-mahee)
Short Definition: I surround, am surrounded with
Definition: I lie about, surround; I am encompassed, surrounded, or clothed with, am in submission to.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4029: περίκειμαι

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]).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
enclose, encircle, wear

From peri and keimai; to lie all around, i.e. Inclose, encircle, hamper (literally or figuratively) -- be bound (compassed) with, hang about.

see GREEK peri

see GREEK keimai

Forms and Transliterations
περικειμαι περίκειμαι περικειμενον περικείμενον περικειρόμενον περικειται περίκειται περικεκαρμένον perikeimai períkeimai perikeimenon perikeímenon perikeitai períkeitai
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5 Occurrences


περίκειμαι — 1 Occ.
περικείμενον — 1 Occ.
περίκειται — 3 Occ.

Mark 9:42 V-PIM/P-3S
GRK: μᾶλλον εἰ περίκειται μύλος ὀνικὸς
NAS: millstone hung around
KJV: that a millstone were hanged about his
INT: rather if is put a millstone heavy

Luke 17:2 V-PIM/P-3S
GRK: λίθος μυλικὸς περίκειται περὶ τὸν
NAS: a millstone were hung around
KJV: that a millstone were hanged about his
INT: stone of a mill is put around the

Acts 28:20 V-PIM/P-1S
GRK: ἅλυσιν ταύτην περίκειμαι
NAS: you and to speak with you, for I am wearing this
KJV: of Israel I am bound with this
INT: chain this I have around [me]

Hebrews 5:2 V-PIM/P-3S
GRK: καὶ αὐτὸς περίκειται ἀσθένειαν
NAS: also is beset with weakness;
KJV: also is compassed with infirmity.
INT: also himself is encompassed with weakness

Hebrews 12:1 V-PPM/P-ANS
GRK: τοσοῦτον ἔχοντες περικείμενον ἡμῖν νέφος
NAS: of witnesses surrounding us, let us also
KJV: are compassed about with so great
INT: so great having encompassing us a cloud

5 Occurrences

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