Word Summary
perioikos: dwelling around, a neighbor
Original Word: περίοικοςTransliteration: perioikos
Phonetic Spelling: (per-ee'-oy-kos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: dwelling around, a neighbor
Meaning: dwelling around, a neighbor
Strong's Concordance
neighboring
From peri and oikos; housed around, i.e. Neighboring (used elliptically as a noun) -- neighbour.
see GREEK peri
see GREEK oikos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4040: περίοικοςπερίοικος,
περιοίκου (
περί and
οἶκος),
dwelling around, a neighbor:
Luke 1:58. (
Genesis 19:29;
Deuteronomy 1:7;
Jeremiah 30:5 (); Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Isocrates, others.)