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Name of God’s Son

ΠΕΡΙΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΥ, περικειμενου

PERIKEIMENOU, perikeimenou

Sounds Like: peh-ree-KEE-meh-noo

Translations: (of) surrounding, (of) lying around, (of) wearing, (of) being clothed with

From the root: ΠΕΡΙΚΕΙΜΑΙ

Part of Speech: Verb, Participle

Explanation: This word is a compound participle formed from the preposition περί (peri), meaning 'around' or 'about', and the verb κείμαι (keimai), meaning 'to lie' or 'to be placed'. As a compound, it means 'to lie around', 'to be placed around', 'to surround', or 'to be clothed with' or 'to wear'. It describes something that is situated around or upon something else, often implying an encompassing or encircling action. It can be used to describe objects, people, or even abstract concepts that are present in a surrounding manner.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine or Neuter, Middle or Passive Voice, Present Tense

Strong’s number: G4029 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΚΕΙΜΑΙ.

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.

  • ΠΕΡΙΕΚΕΙΝΤΟ — they were lying around, they were placed around, they were surrounding, they were wearing
  • ΠΕΡΙΚΕΙΜΕΘΑ — we are clothed with, we are surrounded by, we are encompassed by, we are laid around
  • ΠΕΡΙΚΕΙΜΕΝΟ — lying around, surrounding, clothed with, wearing, encompassed by, a surrounding, that which is around
  • ΠΕΡΙΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΙ — lying around, surrounding, wearing, clothed with, encompassed by
  • ΠΕΡΙΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΝ — lying around, surrounding, wearing, put around, a thing lying around, a surrounding thing
  • ΠΕΡΙΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΣ — lying around, surrounding, wearing, clothed with, encompassed by
  • ΠΕΡΙΚΕΙΜΕΝΩ — lying around, surrounding, encompassing, wearing, clothed with, (of) those surrounding, (of) those lying around
  • ΠΕΡΙΚΕΙΜΕΝΩΝ — lying around, surrounding, those surrounding, things surrounding, those lying around, things lying around
  • ΠΕΡΙΚΕΙΣΘΑΙ — to lie around, to be placed around, to surround, to be clothed with, to be encompassed, to be put on
  • ΠΕΡΙΚΕΙΤΑΙ — lies around, surrounds, is clothed with, is encompassed by, is afflicted with, is burdened with, is laid around
  • ΠΕΡΙΚΙΜΕΝΟΣ — lying around, surrounding, clothed with, encompassed by, wearing
  • ΠΕΡΙΚΙΤΑΙ — is hung around, is put around, is cast around, is worn, is laid around

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