To go around
περιέρχομαιStrong’s G4022perierchomai
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Perierchomai is the Greek word usually translated “itinerant”, “going about” and “wandered”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.”
Meaning
Usually translated “itinerant”, “going about” and “wandered”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- itinerant 1
- going about 1
- they wandered 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
- 1 Timothy 1
- Hebrews 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 19:13Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the LORD Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
- Hebrews 11:37They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
Greek dictionary
περιέρχομαι perierchomai · to go around
περι-έρχομαι [in LXX chiefly for סָבַב ;] to go about (as an itinerant): Act.19:13 28:13 (περιελόντες, WH, R, mg.), Heb.11:37; τ. οἰκίας, from house to house: 1Ti.5:13.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “wander” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WANDER, verb intransitive
[G., to wander to walk, to change, exchange or transform.]
- To rove; to ramble here and there without any certain course or object in view; as, to wander over the fields; to wander about the town, or about the country.“They wandered about in sheep-skins and goat-skins” Hebrews 11:37“He wandereth abroad for bread” Job 15:23“He was wandering in the field” Genesis 37:15
- To leave home; to depart; to migrate.“When God caused me to wander from my fathers house--” Genesis 20:13
- To depart from the subject in discussion; as, to wander from the point.
- In a moral sense, to stray; to deviate; to depart from duty or rectitude.“O let me not wander from they commandments” Psalms 119:10
All definitions and other forms of “wander”
- To be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason; as, the mind wanders.
WANDER, verb transitive
To travel over without a certain course.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.