G4023 περιέχω (periéchō)

Greek

Verb

Quick Definition

περιέχω v. I contain, seize

Strong's Definition

to hold all around, i.e. include, clasp (figuratively)

Derivation: from G4012 (περί) and G2192 (ἔχω);

KJV Usage: + astonished, contain, after (this manner)

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

περιέχω (G4023)

verb | aor. περιέσχον | ἔχω

90.27 · Case · Content

to have, to contain a marker of designations of content This word is found as a variant reading only: γράψαντες ἐπιστολὴν διὰ χειρὸς αὐτῶν περιέχουσαν τάδε ‘writing a letter through them having these (words)’ ACT 15:23 (apparatus).

ACT 15:23 · 1PE 2:6

90.69 · Case · Experiencer

to experience, to be seized by, to have happen to (a figurative extension of meaning of περιέχω ‘to surround,’ not occurring in the NT) to experience an emotion or mood in an overwhelming manner

LUK 5:9

¹ LUK 5:9 The expression θάμβος γὰρ περιέσχεν αὐτόν in LUK 5:9 is a clear example of a syntactic structure being formally the converse of the semantic structure. One may say amazement seized him, but clearly it is the person who experiences the amazement.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

περι-έχω; 2 aor. περιέσχον; fr. Hom. down; in the N. T. to surround, encompass ; i. e. a. to contain. of the subject-matter, contents, of a writing (ἡ βίβλος περιέχει τὰς πράξεις, Diod. 2,1; [Joseph. ο. Ap. (1, 15 περιζωννύω 1, 8,2; 2,4,1; 2,38,17), ἐπιστολὴν περιέχουσαν τὸν τύπον τοῦτον, a letter of which this is a sample, or a letter written after this form [cf. τύπος, 3], Acts xxiii. 25 [LT Tr WH ἔχουσαν (cf. Grimm on 1 Mace. as below) ] (τὸν τρόπον τοῦτον, 1 Mace. xv. 2; 2 Mace. xi.16); intrans. [B. §129,17n.; 144 (126) n.]: περιέχει ἐν (τῇ) γραφῇ; it is contained in (holy) scripture, 1 Pet. ii. 6 RGT Tr WH; absol., περιέχει ἡ γραφή (our runs), foll. by direct disc., ibid. Lehm. ; likewise ὁ νόμος ὑμῶν περιέχει, Ev. Nicod. 6. 4; with adverbs: περιέχειν οὕτως, 2 Mace. ix. 18; xi. 22; καθὼς περιέχει βίβλος "Evwx, Test. xii. Patr., test. Levi 10; ὡς ἡ παράδοσις περιέχει, Euseb. h.e. 3, 1; see Grimm on 1 Mace. xi. 29. b. i. q. to take possession of, to seize: twa, Lk. v. 9 (2 Mace. iv. 16; Joseph. b. j. 4, 10, 1).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

περιέχω periechō 2x

to encompass, enclose; met. to encompass, seize on the mind, Lk. 5:9; περιέχει, impers. it is contained, it is among the contents of a writing, 1 Pet. 2:6*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

περι-έχω,

[in LXX for אפף, נקף hi., צפה pi., etc.;]

to surround, encompass: Lk 5:9 (cf. MM, xix).

to comprehend, include, contain, esp. of books: c. acc., Ac 23:25, Rec.; acc. to a late usage, intrans. (Bl., § 53, 13; MM, xix; Hort, in l.), it stands written, I Pe 2:6.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

περιέχω. For the intrans. use, as in 1 Pet 2° (cf. Blass-Debrunner ὃ 308) we may quote P Oxy 11. 24974 (A.D. 80) διαθήκῃ ὡς περιέχει, “in the will as it stands” or ‘‘as it is contained in the will”: cf. τό. 28613 (A.D. 82) ἐφ᾽ ols ἄλλοις ἡ ἀσφάλεια περιέχει, ‘with the other guarantees contained in the agreement” (Edd.), P Fay 962° (A.p. 122) μενούσης κυρίας τῆς μισθώσεως ἐφ᾽ ols περιέχει amet, ‘the lease in all its provisions remaining valid” (Edd.), P Oxy I. 9534(a.p. 129) ὡς καὶ ἡ ἰδιόγραφος πρᾶσις περιέχει, ‘as the autograph contract states” (Edd.), 26. IX. 1220539 (iii/A.D.) the accounts will show the details ὡς περιέχι τὸ πι[ τ]τάκιον, ‘‘ as contained in the memorandum,” and Sy// 929 (= ὃ 685)?! (B.c. 139) καθ]ότι τὰ. . . γράμματα περιέχει, also ° τοῦ δόγματος περιέχοντος, “the decree running thus” (words follow). In 7b. περιεχόμενον is pass. (c. dat.) = “‘surrounded”: cf. Lk 5°. In P Lond 117818 (A.D. 194) (= III. p. 216, Selections, "“ περιζώννυμι 9 p- 99) the Emperor Claudius says χρυσοῦν σ[τέ]φ[α]νον ἡδέως ἔλαβον σύμβολον περιέχοντα τῆς ὑμετέρας πρός με εὐσεβείας, ““1 received with pleasure the golden crown as an expression of your loyal devotion towards me,” which would illustrate the trans. use in the TR of Ac 23°: cf. also P Tebt I. 448 (B.C. 114) χάριν τῆς περιεχούσης με ἀρρωστίας, and Menander Fyagm. 660? p. 193 περιέχων ἐγκώμιον, ““ containing commendation.” Searles Lexzcographical Stuly p. 102 cites a Delphic inscr. of A.D. 50, Collitz 2208! εἰ δὲ μὴ παραμένοι καθὼς ἁ ὠνὰ περιέχει, where the verb has the unusual meaning “ stipulate.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

περιέχω (periechō) — to contain. περιέχω, also περιεργ-ίσχω, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect περρέχω [Refs 7th c.BC+]future περιέξω (and περισχήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist περιέσχον, infinitive περισχεῖν: aorist middle περιεσχόμην, infinitive περισχέσθαι:—encompass, embrace, surround, κυκλόθεν ὁδὸς π. [τὸ χωρίον] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ περιέχον the envelope of a seed, [Refs 4th c.BC+] __b especially of that which encompasses the earth or the universe, τὸν κόσμον πνεῦμα καὶ ἀὴρ π[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ περιέχον the environment, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ περιέχων ἀήρ ἠήρ) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ περιέχων alone, [Refs]; but usually τὸ περιέχον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἄπειρον καὶ τὸ π. [Refs 4th c.BC+] __c τὸ π. the atmosphere, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; δυσκρασίαι τοῦ π. [Refs 1st c.AD+]

2. embrace, τινὰ ταῖς χερσίν Id [Refs 4th c.BC+]

3. surround so as to guard, [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—but, passive, to be shut in, beleaguered, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πανταχόθεν[Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, to be hard pressed, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

4. embrace, comprise, comprehend, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; contain, βίβλος π. τὰς πράξεις [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of a letter, [Refs 1st c.AD+], followed by a quotation, [NT]; καθὼς ἡ ὠνὴ π. as is contained in the deed of sale, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

4. b in Logic, τὸ περιέχον universal, opposed to τὰ περιεχόμενα, the individuals or particulars, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὀνόματα περιέχοντα generic terms, [Refs]; καλοῦσι δ᾽ αὐτοὺς πλάτακας ἀπὸ τοῦ περιέχοντος from the generic name, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

5. in Mathematics texts, ὁ ὑπὸ δύο ἀριθμῶν περιεχόμενος [ἀριθμός] the product of two numbers, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; but π. ἑαυτόν, of a number of which a higher power terminates in the same digit, [Refs]

6. τὸν ἔλεγχον π. to be involved in, open to criticism, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. surpass, excel, πάντα περρέχοισ᾽ ἄστρα, of the moon, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; overcome, gain the victory or advantage, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. outflank the enemy, [Refs]

III. middle, hold one's hands round or over another: hence, protect, defend, with genitive person, περίσχεο (Ionic dialect imperative aorist 2 middle) παιδὸς ἐῆος [Refs 8th c.BC+]

III.2. hold fast by, cling to, with genitive, γούνων περισχομένη [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: hence, cleave to, be fond of a person or thing, γενσάμενοι τῶν ἡμετέρων ἀγαθῶν περιέξονται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὠυτοῦ περιεχόμεθα we are compassing, aiming at the same end, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; κρίσιν.. ἧς μᾶλλον περιέχομαι on which I place more reliance, [Refs 4th c.AD+]

III.3. rarely with infinitive, περιείχετο.. μένοντας μὴ ἐκλιπεῖν τὴν τάξιν clung to his resolution that they should stay and not leave their post, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

IV. Aeolic dialect περρέχω, ={ὑπερέχω}, ὁπόσον τῷ ποδὶ περρέχει τᾶς γᾶς, τοῦτο χάρις, i.e. every inch of his stature is grace, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

περι-έχω, [in LXX for H661, H5362 hi., H6822 pi., etc. ;] __1. to surround, encompass: Luk.5:9 (cf. MM, xix). __2. to comprehend, include, contain, esp. of books: with accusative, Act.23:25, Rec.; accusative to a late usage, intrans. (BL, § 53, 1.3; MM, xix; Hort, in l), it stands written, 1Pe.2:6.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (2)

5:9

2:6