King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4042
Transliteration: periochē
Phonetic Spelling: (per-ee-okh-ay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: circumference, a portion circumscribed
Meaning: circumference, a portion circumscribed
περιοχή, περιοχῆς, ἡ (περιέχω, which see);
Word 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).