ΠΕΡΙΚΕΙΜΕΝΩ, περικειμενω
PERIKEIMENŌ, perikeimenō
Sounds Like: peh-ree-KEE-meh-noh
Translations: lying around, surrounding, encompassing, wearing, clothed with, (of) those surrounding, (of) those lying around
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΚΕΙΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'perikeimai', meaning 'to lie around' or 'to be placed around'. It can describe something that is surrounding or encompassing another object or person. It can also refer to something that is worn, like clothing, or to people who are surrounding someone. In the genitive plural, as in the provided word, it often refers to 'those who are surrounding' or 'those things which are lying around'.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Participle, Genitive, Masculine or Neuter, Plural
Strong’s number: G4029 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 11 — 6:221
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
- ΠΕΡΙΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΥ — (of) surrounding, (of) lying around, (of) wearing, (of) being clothed with
- 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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