Greek word · G4039
περιοικέω
perioikeō
to dwell around
To live around or near someone, to be their neighbor.
Appears once in the Greek New Testament. ·
What it means
From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
In depth
- Range of meaning
To live around or near someone, to be their neighbor.
- Against the English
'Those who dwelt round about' (KJV) and 'neighbors' (BSB, ESV, NIV) say the same thing.
- Used elsewhere in the period
The verb appears only here in the New Testament. The related noun perioikos ('neighbor') appears in 1:58. Both are common in Hellenistic Greek.
Similar words
Where it appears
Luke · 1
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Luke 1:65 περιοικοῦντας dwelling around
All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.
Here: 'Those living around', meaning the neighbors. These are the same people called perioikoi in verse 58, who had rejoiced with Elizabeth. The present tense describes them as the people who live nearby.
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