Quick Definition
I encircle, surround
Strong's Definition
to encircle all around, i.e. blockade completely
Derivation: from G4012 (περί) and G2944 (κυκλόω);
KJV Usage: compass round
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
περικυκλόω, περικύκλῳ: future περικυκλώσω; to encircle, compass about: of a city (besieged), Luk_19:43. (Aristophanes av. 346; Xenophon, an. 6,1 (3), 11; Aristotle, h. a. 4, 8 (p. 533{b} , 11); Lucian, others; the Sept. for ρΘαΗα.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
περικυκλόω perikykloō 1x
to encircle, surround, Luk_19:43
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
περι -κυκλόω , -ῶ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H5437 ;]
to encircle, encompass: of a besieged city, Luk_19:43 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
περικυκλόω [page 506]
encircle. ( Luk_19:43 ) : cf. the iv/A.D. letter of a deacon to a bishop (see Archiv iv. p. 558), where the writer remarks ἡ γὰρ εὐφημία σου , πάτερ , περιεκύκλωσεν τὸν κ [όσ ]μου ὅλον ὡς ἀγαθὸν πατέρα ( l. ἀγαθοῦ πατρός , Wilcken) (P Lond 981 .9 = III. p. 242, Chrest. I. p. 157 ). Περικυκλωθέν is used adverbially in the late P Lond 483 .17, .77 (A.D. 616) (= II. pp. 325, 328).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
περικυκλόω fut. ώσω "to encircle, encompass": mostly in Mid. "to surround" an enemy, Hdt. , Xen. intr. "to go round", Luc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
περι-κυκλόω, -ῶ
[in LXX chiefly for סָבַב ;]
to encircle, encompass: of a besieged city, Luk.19:43.†
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