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περίχωρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: περίχωρος περίχωρον

Structure: περιχωρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. round about a place, the people about, the country round about

Examples

  • καὶ ἐπάρασ Λὼτ τοὺσ ὀφθαλμοὺσ αὐτοῦ, ἐπεῖδε πᾶσαν τὴν περίχωρον τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, ὅτι πᾶσα ἦν ποτιζομένη πρὸ τοῦ καταστρέψαι τὸν Θεὸν Σόδομα καὶ Γόμορρα, ὡσ ὁ παράδεισοσ τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ ὡσ ἡ γῆ Αἰγύπτου, ἕωσ ἐλθεῖν εἰσ Ζόγορα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 13:10)
  • καὶ ἐξελέξατο ἑαυτῷ Λὼτ πᾶσαν τὴν περίχωρον τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, καὶ ἀπῇρε Λὼτ ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν, καὶ διεχωρίσθησαν ἕκαστοσ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 13:11)
  • καὶ κατέστρεψε τὰσ πόλεισ ταύτασ καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν περίχωρον καὶ πάντασ τοὺσ κατοικοῦντασ ἐν ταῖσ πόλεσι καὶ τὰ ἀνατέλλοντα ἐκ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:25)
  • καὶ τὸ κατάλοιπον τοῦ Γαλαὰδ καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν Βασὰν βασιλείαν Ὢγ ἔδωκα τῷ ἡμίσει φυλῆσ Μανασσῆ καὶ πᾶσαν περίχωρον Ἀργόβ, πᾶσαν Βασὰν ἐκείνην. γῆ Ραφαί̈ν λογισθήσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 3:12)
  • καὶ Ἰαί̈ρ υἱὸσ Μανασσῆ ἔλαβε πᾶσαν τὴν περίχωρον Ἀργὸβ ἕωσ τῶν ὁρίων Γαργασὶ καὶ Μαχαθί. ἐπωνόμασεν αὐτὰσ ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ τὴν Βασὰν Αὐὼθ Ἰαί̈ρ ἕωσ τῆσ ἡμέρασ ταύτησ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 3:14)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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