Quick Definition
περίχωρος, ον Adj neighboring
Strong's Definition
around the region, i.e. circumjacent (as noun, with G1093 (γῆ) implied vicinity)
Derivation: from G4012 (περί) and G5561 (χώρα);
KJV Usage: country (round) about, region (that lieth) round about
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | χῶρος (a place) · χωρέω
1.80 · Geographical Objects and Features · Sociopolitical Areas
surrounding region an area or region around or near some central or focal point In certain contexts, however, περίχωρος may include not only the surrounding region but also the point of reference, for example, τῆς περιχώρου τῶν Γερασηνῶν ‘the Gerasenes and the people living around them’ LUK 8:37. In a context such as MAT 3:5, ἡ περίχωρος τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, it is difficult to speak of ‘the area surrounding the Jordan River,’ since a river is not like a city which would constitute a center. Accordingly, one must often translate ἡ περίχωρος τοῦ Ἰορδάνου as ‘the land on both sides of the River Jordan.’
MAT 3:5 · MAT 14:35 · MRK 1:28 · LUK 3:3 · LUK 4:14 · LUK 4:37 · LUK 7:17 · LUK 8:37 · ACT 14:6
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
περίχωρος perichōros 9x
neighboring; ἡ περίχωρος, i.e. γῆ, an adjacent region, country round about, Mt. 14:35; Mk. 1:28; meton. inhabitants of the region round about, Mt. 3:5
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
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: Mt 14:35, Mk 1:28, Lk 4:14, 37 7:17 8:37, Ac 14:6; ἡ π. τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, Lk 3:3; by meton. for the people of the same region, Mt 3:5.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
περίχωρος. In Ac 145 ἡ περίχωρος (sc. γῆ) describes ‘‘ the country that lies round”’ the two cities of Lystra and Derbe, ‘‘ where there were no cities but only villages organized after the Anatolian style, not according to the Hellenic municipal fashion” (Ramsay Recent Discovery, p. 39 π.ῖ: cf. CRE p- 47 ff.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
περίχωρος (perichōros) — region. περίχωρ-ος, ον, round about a place: οἱ π. the people about, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ π. (i.e. γῆ) the country round about, [LXX+NT]; τὰ π. [Refs 4th c.AD+]