Definition
περί-κειμαι
[in LXX: Ep. Je 24, 58, 4Ma.12.3 * ;]
1. to lie round about: μύλος, λίθος (RV, were hanged about), Mark 9:42, Luke 17:2; νεφος μαρτύρων, Hebrews 12:1.
2. to have around one, be clothed with: Acts 28:20; figuratively, ἀσθένειαν, Hebrews 5:2.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
5 total
- Mark 9:42περίκειται · hungBut if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea.
- Luke 17:2περίκειται · hungIt would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.
- Acts 28:20περίκειμαι · [that] I am bound withSo for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”
- Hebrews 5:2περίκειται · is subject toHe is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is subject to weakness.
- Hebrews 12:1περικείμενον · surrounded byTherefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.