περίκειμαι
períkeimai · G4029 · Greek · 5 occurrences
Meanings
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to be around, to surround
To be located around some object or area
ExamplesHebrews 12:1 Therefore, since we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let’s rid ourselves of every obstacle and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with endurance the race that is set before us,
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to be placed around, to be put around
To lie or be placed around
ExamplesMark 9:42 “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it is better for him if a heavy millstone is hung around his neck and he is thrown into the sea.
Luke 17:2 “It is better for him if a millstone is hung around his neck and he is thrown into the sea, than that he may cause one of these little ones to sin.
Hebrews 5:2 he can deal gently with the ignorant and misguided, since he himself also is clothed in weakness;
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to have around, to wear
To have in a position around oneself
ExamplesActs 28:20 “For this reason, therefore, I requested to see you and to speak with you, since I am wearing this chain for the sake of the hope of Israel.”
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to be in various ways, to be in many ways
To be in a state involving various aspects
ExamplesHebrews 5:2 he can deal gently with the ignorant and misguided, since he himself also is clothed in weakness;
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
5 occurrences in 5 groups
- λίθοςstone 1
- μύλοςmillstone, mill 1
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
- Not stated: I 1
- Not stated (participle) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἅλυσιςchain 1
- ἀσθένειαweakness, illness 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- περίconcerning, about, for+ τράχηλοςneck 2
- ἕνεκαbecause of, for the sake of+ ἐλπίςhope 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- δύναμαιcan 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 4 entries
- To be in various ways, to be in many ways13.6
- περίκειμαι can denote a condition or circumstance surrounding a person in a general sense. Hebrews explains the high priest's qualification to deal gently with the erring: “he can deal gently with the ignorant and misguided, since he himself also is clothed in weakness” (Hebrews 5:2).
- To have around, to wear49.4
- The verb can also denote wearing something around oneself, as of a chain. Paul describes his circumstance in custody: “I am wearing this chain for the sake of the hope of Israel” (Acts 28:20).
- To be around, to surround85.5
- It can also describe an encompassing presence in a more general figurative sense, as of a great throng of witnesses. Hebrews pictures the readers as runners: “since we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let's rid ourselves of every obstacle” (Hebrews 12:1).
- To be placed around, to be put around85.54
- Most literally, the verb describes an object physically placed around something else. Jesus warns that it would be better for one who causes a little one to sin “if a heavy millstone is hung around his neck and he is thrown into the sea” (Mark 9:42).
Word family 17 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (περί and κεῖμαι); from Homer down; 1. to lie around (cf. περί, III. 1): περί (cf.…
1. to lie around (cf. περί, III. 1): περί (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 52, 4, 12) τί (A. V. were hanged, Mk 9:42); Lk 17:2; ἔχοντες περικείμενον ἡμῖν νέφος (A. V. are composed about with a cloud etc.), Heb 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, Heb 5:2 (ὕβριν, Theocritus, 23,14; ἀμαυρωσιν, νέφος, Clement of Rome, 2 Cor. 1, 6 [ET]).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 4 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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