Quick Definition
περικρατής, ές Adj having full power over, mastering
Strong's Definition
strong all around, i.e. a master (manager)
Derivation: from G4012 (περί) and G2904 (κράτος);
KJV Usage: + come by
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ές | κρατέω
37.23 · Control, Rule · Control, Restrain
to be in control of, to have under control pertaining to being in control
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
περι-κρατής, -€s, (κράτος), τινός, having full power over a thing : [περικ. γενέσθαι τῆς σκάφης, to secure}, Acts xxvii. 16. (Sus. 39 cod. Alex.; eccl. writ.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
περικρατής perikratēs 1x
overpowering; περικρατὴς γενέσθαι, to become master of, to secure, Acts 27:16*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
**† περι-κρατής, -ές,
[in LXX: Da TH Sus 39 A*;]
having full command of: Ac 27:16.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
περικρατής, “ἐ ραϊπίηρσ the mastery over’? (Ac 2715), is found in the apocryphal Sus (Θ) 39 A. For the verb see the Arovem. to the Gnomon®*. (c. A.D. 150) (= BGU V. 1. p. 10) ὅπως ... εὐχερ[ῶς] τῶν πραγμάτων περικ[ρ])]ατῇς, “in order that you may easily master the business”: cf. M. Anton. x. 8. 2.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
περικρατής (perikratēs) — in control of. περικρᾰτ-ής, ές, grasping, tenacious, γαμφηλαί [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; having full command over, π. γενέσθαι τῆς σκάφης [NT+2nd c.AD+]; compare περικρεμής.