To surround
περίκειμαιStrong’s G4029perikeimai
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Perikeimai is the Greek word usually translated “is put”, “is hung” and “have around”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.”
Meaning
Usually translated “is put”, “is hung” and “have around”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- is put 1
- is hung 1
- i have around 1
- is encompassed by 1
- encompassing 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 2
- Mark 1
- Luke 1
- Acts 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 17:2It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
- Acts 28:20For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
- Hebrews 5:2Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
- Hebrews 12:1Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Greek dictionary
περίκειμαι perikeimai · to surround
περί-κειμαι [in LXX: Ep. Je 24, 58, 4Ma.12:3 * ;] 1. to lie round about: μύλος, λίθος (RV, were hanged about), Mrk.9:42, Luk.17:2; νεφος μαρτύρων, Heb.12:1. 2. to have around one, be clothed with: Act.28:20; figuratively, ἀσθένειαν, Heb.5:2.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “encompass” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ENCOM'PASS, verb transitive
[from compass.]
To encircle; to surround; as, a ring encompasses the finger.
- To environ; to inclose; to surround; to shut in.
- To go or sail round; as Drake encompassed the globe.
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.