ΠΕΡΙΚΕΧΥΣΘΑΙ, περικεχυσθαι
PERIKECHYSTHAI, perikechysthai
Sounds Like: peh-ree-keh-KHOOS-thai
Translations: to have been poured around, to have been poured over, to be surrounded, to be overflowed
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΧΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the perfect passive infinitive form of the verb περιχέω (pericheō). It is a compound word formed from περί (peri), meaning 'around' or 'about', and χέω (cheō), meaning 'to pour'. Therefore, it literally means 'to have been poured around' or 'to have been poured over'. In a broader sense, it can describe something that is completely surrounded or overflowed by something else.
Inflection: Perfect, Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4060 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 22:20
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΧΕΩ.
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.
- ΠΕΡΙΕΚΕΧΥΤΟ — it had been poured around, it had been diffused, it had surrounded, it had enveloped
- ΠΕΡΙΕΧΥΘΗ — was poured around, was poured over, overflowed, was overwhelmed
- ΠΕΡΙΚΕΧΥΜΕΝΟΣ — poured around, poured over, having been poured around, having been poured over, overflowing, spread around
- ΠΕΡΙΧΕΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having poured around, having surrounded by pouring, having overflowed, having been poured around
- ΠΕΡΙΧΕΙΤΑΙ — it is poured around, it is poured upon, it overflows
- ΠΕΡΙΧΕΩ — to pour around, to pour over, to surround, to encompass
- ΠΕΡΙΧΥΘΕΙΣΑ — having poured around, having been poured around, having flowed around, having been diffused, having been spread around
- ΠΕΡΙΧΥΘΕΝ — poured around, surrounded, overwhelmed, enveloped
- ΠΕΡΙΧΥΘΕΝΤΑ — poured around, having been poured around, having flowed around, having been diffused, having been spread over
- ΠΕΡΙΧΥΘΕΝΤΕΣ — having poured around, having surrounded, having flowed around
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