ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΨΑΣΘΑΙ, περιγραψασθαι
PERIGRAPSASTHAI, perigrapsasthai
Sounds Like: peh-ree-GRAHP-sah-sthai
Translations: to circumscribe, to limit, to define, to describe, to delineate, to mark out, to end
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist middle infinitive of the verb περιγράφω (perigraphō). It means to draw a line around, to circumscribe, to limit, or to define. In a broader sense, it can mean to describe or delineate something. In some contexts, particularly when referring to life, it can imply bringing something to an end or concluding it.
Inflection: Aorist, Middle Voice, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4038 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 3:59
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΕΡΙΓΕΓΡΑΜΜΕΝΟΣ — circumscribed, limited, defined, described, written around, having been circumscribed, having been limited
- ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΕΝ — to be surrounded, to be encircled, to be circumscribed, to be limited, to be defined, to be described
- ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΟΝΤΟΣ — of describing, of circumscribing, of limiting, of defining, of enclosing, of drawing around
- ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΩ — to write around, to circumscribe, to limit, to define, to mark off, to describe
- ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΨΑΝΤΑΣ — having circumscribed, having described, having limited, having defined, those who circumscribed, those who described, those who limited, those who defined
- ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΨΑΣ — having drawn around, having circumscribed, having limited, having described, having defined
- ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΨΩΝ — about to limit, about to circumscribe, about to restrain, about to define
- ΠΕΡΙΕΓΡΑΦΕ — he described, he wrote around, he drew around, he circumscribed, he limited, he defined
- ΠΕΡΙΕΓΡΑΨΕ — he circumscribed, he drew around, he limited, he defined, he described, he wrote around
- ΠΕΡΙΕΓΡΑΨΕΝ — he circumscribed, he limited, he enclosed, he described, he wrote around
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