Word Summary
peripeirō: to put on a spit, to pierce
Original Word: περιπείρωTransliteration: peripeirō
Phonetic Spelling: (per-ee-pi'-ro)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to put on a spit, to pierce
Meaning: to put on a spit, to pierce
Strong's Concordance
pierce through.
From peri and the base of peran; to penetrate entirely, i.e. Transfix (figuratively) -- pierce through.
see GREEK peri
see GREEK peran
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4044: περιπείρωπεριπείρω: 1 aorist
περιεπειρα;
to pierce through (see
περί, III. 3):
τινα ξιφεσι,
δόρατι, etc.,
Diodorus,
Josephus,
Plutarch,
Lucian, others; metaphorically,
ἑαυτόν ...
ὀδύναις, to torture one's soul with sorrows,
1 Timothy 6:10 (
ἀνηκέστοις κακοῖς,
Philo in Flacc. § 1).