ΠΕΡΙΟΧΗ, περιοχη
PERIOCHĒ, periochē
Sounds Like: peh-ree-O-khee
Translations: circuit, a circuit, compass, a compass, passage, a passage, section, a section, portion, a portion, enclosure, an enclosure, boundary, a boundary, region, a region
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΟΧΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a surrounding area, a circuit, or a boundary. It can also denote a specific passage or section of text, particularly in a scroll or book. In a spatial sense, it describes a region or an enclosed space. It is used to describe a physical area or a segment of written material.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4042 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Samuel — 22:4, 22:5
- 2 Samuel — 5:9, 23:14
- 2 Kings — 24:10, 25:2
- 1 Chronicles — 11:7, 11:16
- 2 Chronicles — 32:10
- Jeremiah — 19:9, 28:30
- Ezekiel — 12:13, 17:20
- Zechariah — 12:2
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 8:32
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΟΧΗ.
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.
- ΠΕΡΙΟΧΗΝ — area, a region, a passage, a territory, a district
- ΠΕΡΙΟΧΗΣ — of circuit, of circumference, of region, of district, of passage, of content
- ΤΗΠΕΡΙΟΧΗ — the surrounding region, the surrounding area, the circumference, the circuit, the boundary, the limit, the extent, the content, the passage (of scripture)
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