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Strong's G4066 περίχωρος (perichoros)

perichoros - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4066 — madon (“brawling”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4066
Language Greek
Linked Usages 31
Books 11

Strong's G4066 Quick Answer

Strong's G4066 περίχωρος (perichoros) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. perichoros (per-ikh'-o-ros) adj. 1. around the region, i.e. circumjacent {(as noun, with G1093 implied vicinity)} It has 31 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include region and country. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
perichoros (per-ikh'-o-ros) adj. 1. around the region, i.e. circumjacent {(as noun, with G1093 implied vicinity)}
Usage
31 linked usages
Books
11 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
region and country

Meaning and Definition

perichoros (per-ikh'-o-ros) adj. 1. around the region, i.e. circumjacent {(as noun, with G1093 implied vicinity)} [from G4012 and G5561] KJV: country (round) about, region (that lieth) round about Root(s): G4012, G5561 See also: G1093

Original Word
περίχωρος
Transliteration
perichoros
Derivation
Root: χώρα R1: 4012 R2: 5561
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4066. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

region

Usage: περί-χωρος, -ον [in LXX: chiefly (ἡ π.) for כִּכָּר ;] round about, neighbouring (Dem., Plut., al.). In LXX and NT, as subst., ἡ π. (sc. γῆ), the region round about: Mat.14:35, Mrk.1:28, Luk.4:14, 37 7:17 8:37, Act.14:6; ἡ π. τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, Luk.3:3; by meton. for the people of the same region, Mat.3:5.† (AS)

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How Strong's G4066 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render perichoros, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

region Matthew 3:5 country Matthew 14:35

How Strong's G4066 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 20 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4066 (περίχωρος) appears 22 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4066 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G4066 in the New Testament

10 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 3:5 KJV

Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,

Matthew 14:35 KJV

And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased;

Mark 1:28 KJV

And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee.

Strong's G4066 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

20 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 13:10 Septuagint / Brenton

And Lot having lifted up his eyes, observed all the country round about Jordan, that it was all watered, before God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, as the garden of the Lord, and as the land of Egypt, until thou come to Zoar.

Genesis 13:11 Septuagint / Brenton

And Lot chose for himself all the country round Jordan, and Lot went from the east, and they were separated each from his brother. And Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 13:12 Septuagint / Brenton

And Lot dwelt in a city of the neighboring people, and pitched his tent in Sodom.

Strong's G4066 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 3:7 Septuagint / Brenton

So they and all the country round about received him with garlands, with dances, and with timbrels.

Usage Excerpts

First 31 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4066.

Genesis 13:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Lot having lifted up his eyes, observed all the country round about Jordan, that it was all watered, before God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, as the garden of the Lord, and as the land of Egypt, until thou come to Zoar.
Genesis 13:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Lot chose for himself all the country round Jordan, and Lot went from the east, and they were separated each from his brother. And Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 13:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Lot dwelt in a city of the neighboring people, and pitched his tent in Sodom.
Genesis 19:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when they brought them out, that they said, Save thine own life by all means; look not round to that which is behind, nor stay in all the country round about, escape to the mountain, lest perhaps thou be overtaken together with them.
Genesis 19:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward the surrounding country, and saw, and behold a flame went up from the earth, as the smoke of a furnace.
Deuteronomy 3:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And we mastered all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we took not from them; sixty cities, all the country round about Argob, belonging to King Og in Bashan:
Deuteronomy 3:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan the kingdom of Og I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh, and all the country round about Argob, all that Bashan; it shall be accounted the land of Rephaim.
Deuteronomy 3:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country round about Argob as far as the borders of Geshur and Maacath: he called them by his name Bashan-havvoth-jair until this day.
Deuteronomy 34:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the wilderness, and the country round about Jericho, the city of palm trees, to Zoar.
1 Chronicles 5:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They dwelt in Gilead, in Bashan, and in their villages, and in all the country round about Sharon to the border.
2 Chronicles 4:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the country round about Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground in the house of Succoth, and between that and Zeredah.
2 Chronicles 16:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the son of Hadad hearkened to King Asa, and sent the captains of his host against the cities of Israel; and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the country round Naphtali.
Nehemiah 3:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 3:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
Nehemiah 3:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
Nehemiah 3:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Bethzur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.
Nehemiah 3:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.
Nehemiah 3:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah.
Nehemiah 12:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;
Esther 9:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king said to Esther, The Jews have slain five hundred men in the city Susa; and how, thinkest thou, have they used them in the rest of the country? What then dost thou yet ask, that it may be done for thee?
Matthew 3:5 New Testament, KJV
Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,
Matthew 14:35 New Testament, KJV
And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased;
Mark 1:28 New Testament, KJV
And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee.
Mark 6:55 New Testament, KJV
And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.
Luke 3:3 New Testament, KJV
And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
Luke 4:14 New Testament, KJV
And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.
Luke 4:37 New Testament, KJV
And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.
Luke 7:17 New Testament, KJV
And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judaea, and throughout all the region round about.
Luke 8:37 New Testament, KJV
Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.
Acts 14:6 New Testament, KJV
They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:
Judith 3:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So they and all the country round about received him with garlands, with dances, and with timbrels.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4066, grouped by book.

Genesis 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 2 usages, New Testament
Mark 2 usages, New Testament
Luke 5 usages, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G4066 FAQ

What does perichoros (περίχωρος) mean?

Strong's G4066 is a Greek entry for G4066 περίχωρος (perichoros). perichoros (per-ikh'-o-ros) adj. 1. around the region, i.e. circumjacent {(as noun, with G1093 implied vicinity)}

How many times is perichoros (περίχωρος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 31 linked usages for Strong's G4066 across 11 books.

Where can I study perichoros (περίχωρος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4066 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate perichoros (περίχωρος)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as region and country. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4066 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 20 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4066, with linked reader references where each row is available.