ΠΕΡΙΟΙΚΟΥΣ, περιοικους
PERIOIKOUS, perioikous
Sounds Like: peh-ree-OY-koos
Translations: neighboring, surrounding, inhabitants, those dwelling around, a neighboring inhabitant, a surrounding place
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΟΙΚΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word is a compound word derived from 'περί' (around) and 'οἶκος' (house, dwelling). It describes something or someone that is dwelling around or located in the surrounding area. It can refer to neighboring people or surrounding places. In the provided examples, it is used to refer to 'neighboring inhabitants' or 'surrounding villages/towns'.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G4039 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 9:22
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Deuteronomy — 1:7
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
- ΠΕΡΙΟΙΚΟΥ — of the inhabitants, of the dwellers around, of the surrounding region, of the neighborhood, a neighbor, a dweller around, surrounding
- ΠΕΡΙΟΙΚΩΝ — of neighbors, of inhabitants, of those dwelling around, of those living nearby
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