Quick Definition
a passage of Scripture
Strong's Definition
a being held around, i.e. (concretely) a passage (of Scripture, as circumscribed)
Derivation: from G4023 (περιέχω);
KJV Usage: place
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
περιοχή, περιοχῆς, ἡ (περιέχω, which see);
1. an encompassing, compass, circuit (Theophrastus, Diodorus, Plutarch, others).
2. that which is contained; specifically, the contents of any writing, Act_8:32 (Cicero, ad Attic. 13, 25; Stobaeus, eclog. ethic., p. 164 (ii., p. 541, Gaisford edition)) (but A. V. place i. e. passage; cf. Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
περιοχή perioc hē 1x
lit., a compass, circumference, contents; fig., a section, a portion of Scripture, Act_8:32
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
περι -οχή , -ῆς , ἡ
( < περιέχω ),
[in LXX for H4686 , H4692 , etc.;]
1. compass, circumference.
2. a portion circumscribed, a section: Act_8:32 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
περιοχή [page 507]
περιοχή , in the literal sense of compass, circumference, occurs quater in connexion with certain measurements of a piece of land in BGU II. 492 (A.D. 148 9) : cf. also the late P Hamb I. 23 .20 (A.D. 569) μετὰ τῆς καθόλου αὐτοῦ περιοχῆς , mit allem was dran und drum ist (Preisigke). For the use in Act_8:32 of a passage (of Scripture) see the reff. s.v. περιέχω , and cf. Cic. ad Att. xiii. 25. 3 ergo ne Tironi quidem dictavi, qui totas περιοχάς persequi solet, sed Spintharo syllabatim , In the LXX περιοχή has the meaning siege, and sometimes apparently stronghold : see Conybeare and Stock LXX Selections , p. 305.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
περιοχή περιοχή, ἡ, [Etym: περιέχω] "compass, extent:—a mass, body", Plut. "a portion circumscribed, a section" of a book, NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
περι-οχή, -ῆς, ἡ
(περιέχω), [in LXX for מָצוּד, מָצוֹר, etc. ;]
__1. compass, circumference.
__2. a portion circumscribed, a section: Act.8:32.†
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