Greek verb · G4029
περίκειμαι
perikeimaiper-ik'-i-mahee
to lie round about; to have around one, be clothed with
5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: períkeimai
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4029is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4029
to lie all around, i.e. inclose, encircle, hamper (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: be bound (compassed) with, hang about.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
perikeimai is rendered "to lie round about; to have around one, be clothed with". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Two of the uses stand in Hebrews, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to lie round about".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Mark 9:42But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea.
Mark 9:42περίκειται
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to lie round about, and to have around one, be clothed with.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to lie round about | Tagged as
| WhereMark 9:42But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble… |
| to have around one, be clothed withAct.28:20; figuratively | Tagged as
| WhereActs 28:20So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| περί | peri | about | Uses332 |
| περιπατέω | peripateo | to walk | Uses94 |
| περισσεύω | perisseuo | to exceed | Uses39 |
| περιτομή | peritome | circumcision | Uses36 |
| περιβάλλω | periballo | to clothe | Uses23 |
| περιτέμνω | peritemno | to circumcise | Uses17 |
| περισσοτέρως | perissoteros | more excessively | Uses12 |
| περιστερά | peristera | dove | Uses10 |
| περισσῶς | perissos | excessively | Uses9 |
| περίχωρος | perichoros | region | Uses9 |
| περισσότερος | perissoteros | more excessive | Uses9 |
| περιτίθημι | peritithemi | to put on | Uses8 |
and 43 more on the stem.
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- περίκειται3
- περίκειμαι1
- περικείμενον1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-PNI-3S
- verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singular1V-PNI-1S
- verb · present middle or passive form, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singular1V-PNP-ASN
Mark
one use
But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea.
- περίκειταιperikeitaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is put
Luke
one use
It would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.
- περίκειταιperikeitaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is hung
Acts
one use
So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”
- περίκειμαιperikeimaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have around
Hebrews
two uses
He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is beset by weakness.
- περίκειταιperikeitaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is encompassed by
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.
- περικείμενονperikeimenonverb · present middle or passive form, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: encompassing
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.