Word Summary
periagō: to lead around, to go about
Original Word: περιάγωTransliteration: periagō
Phonetic Spelling: (per-ee-ag'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to lead around, to go about
Meaning: to lead around, to go about
Strong's Concordance
lead round, go round about
From peri and ago; to take around (as a companion); reflexively, to walk around -- compass, go (round) about, lead about.
see GREEK peri
see GREEK ago
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4013: περιάγωπεριάγω; imperfect
περιηγον; from
Herodotus down;
1. transitive,
a. to lead around (cf. περί, III. 1).
b. equivalent to to lead about with oneself: τινα (Xenophon, Cyril 2, 2, 28; τρεῖς παῖδας ἀκολουθους, Demosthenes, p. 958, 16), 1 Corinthians 9:5.
2. intransitive, to go about, walk about (Cebes () tab. c. 6): absolutely, Acts 13:11; with an accusative of place (depending on the preposition in compos., cf. Matthiae, § 426; (Buttmann, 144 (126); Winer's Grammar, § 52, 2 c.; 432 (402))), Matthew 4:28 (R G; (others read the dative with or without ἐν)); ; Mark 6:6.