Quick Definition
a neighbor
Strong's Definition
housed around, i.e. neighboring (used elliptically as a noun)
Derivation: from G4012 (περί) and G3624 (οἶκος);
KJV Usage: neighbour
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
περίοικος, περιοίκου (περί and οἶκος), dwelling around, a neighbor: Luk_1:58. (Gen_19:29; Deu_1:7; Jer_30:5 (); Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Isocrates, others.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
περίοικος perioikos 1x
one who dwells in the vicinity, a neighbor, Luk_1:58
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
περί -οικος , -ον ,
[in LXX for H3603 , etc.;]
dwelling around; as subst ., ὁ Papyri, a neighbour: Luk_1:58 ( cf. πλησίον ).†
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
περίοικος περί-οικος, ον, "dwelling round", Hdt. : —οἱ π. "neighbours", id=Hdt. in Laconia, οἱ περίοικοι were "the free inhabitants", being remnants of the original population, who enjoyed civil but not political liberty, opp. on the one hand to the Spartans, and on the other to the Helots, id=Hdt. , Thuc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
περί-οικος, -ον
[in LXX for כִּכָּר, etc. ;]
dwelling around; as subst., ὁ π., a neighbour: Luk.1:58 (cf. πλησίον).†
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