ΠΕΡΙΟΙΚΟΥ, περιοικου
PERIOIKOU, perioikou
Sounds Like: peh-ree-OY-koo
Translations: of the inhabitants, of the dwellers around, of the surrounding region, of the neighborhood, a neighbor, a dweller around, surrounding
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΟΙΚΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun, Adjective
Explanation: This word can function as a noun, meaning 'a neighbor' or 'one who dwells around', or as an adjective, meaning 'dwelling around' or 'surrounding'. When used as a noun, it often refers to the inhabitants of a surrounding area or the surrounding region itself. In the genitive case, as seen in 'ΠΕΡΙΟΙΚΟΥ', it can mean 'of the surrounding region' or 'of the inhabitants'.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4039 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Jeremiah — 30:21
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 3:20
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΟΙΚΟΣ.
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.
- ΠΕΡΙΟΙΚΑ — surrounding, neighboring, inhabitants, those dwelling around, surrounding places, surrounding things
- ΠΕΡΙΟΙΚΟΙ — neighbors, those dwelling around
- ΠΕΡΙΟΙΚΟΙΣ — to the dwellers around, to the neighbors, to the inhabitants, to the surrounding peoples
- ΠΕΡΙΟΙΚΟΝ — neighboring, surrounding, surrounding region, neighboring country, a neighboring country, a surrounding region, those living around
- ΠΕΡΙΟΙΚΟΣ — neighbor, a neighbor, dweller around, a dweller around
- ΠΕΡΙΟΙΚΟΥΣ — neighboring, surrounding, inhabitants, those dwelling around, a neighboring inhabitant, a surrounding place
- ΠΕΡΙΟΙΚΩΝ — of neighbors, of inhabitants, of those dwelling around, of those living nearby
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