ΠΕΡΙΧΕΙΤΑΙ, περιχειται
PERICHEITAI, pericheitai
Sounds Like: peh-ree-KHEH-tai
Translations: it is poured around, it is poured upon, it overflows
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΧΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition περί (peri), meaning 'around' or 'about,' and the verb χέω (cheō), meaning 'to pour.' Therefore, it means 'to pour around' or 'to pour upon.' In the passive voice, as seen here, it means 'to be poured around' or 'to be poured upon,' often implying an overflowing or surrounding action. It describes something being enveloped or covered by a liquid or something that flows.
Inflection: Third Person, Singular, Present, Indicative, Middle or Passive Voice
Strong’s number: G4060 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 14:308
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
- ΠΕΡΙΚΕΧΥΣΘΑΙ — to have been poured around, to have been poured over, to be surrounded, to be overflowed
- ΠΕΡΙΧΕΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having poured around, having surrounded by pouring, having overflowed, having been poured around
- 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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