Quick Definition
having full power over, mastering
Strong's Definition
strong all around, i.e. a master (manager)
Derivation: from G4012 (περί) and G2904 (κράτος);
KJV Usage: + come by
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
περικρατής, περικρατες (κράτος), τίνος, having full power over a thing: (περικρατής γενέσθαι τῆς σκάφης, to secure), Act_27:16. (Susanna, 39; the Alex. manuscript; ecclesiastical writings.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
περικρατής perikratēs 1x
overpower ing; περικρατὴς γενέσθαι , to become master of, to secure, Act_27:16
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
**† περι -κρατής , -ές ,
[in LXX : Da TH Sus 1:39 A * ;]
having full command of: Act_27:16 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
περικρατής [page 506]
gaining the mastery over ( Act_27:16 ), is found in the apocryphal Sus (Θ ) 39 A. For the verb see the prooem. to the Gnomon .5 ff. ( c. A.D. 150) (= BGU V. 1. p. 10) ὅπως . . . εὐ̣χερ [ῶς ] τῶν πραγμάτων περικ [ρ ]ατῇς , in order that you may easily master the business : cf. M. Anton. x. 8. 2.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
περικρατής περι-κρα^τής, ές [Etym: κράτος] "having full command over" a thing, c. gen., NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
περι-κρατής, -ές
[in LXX: Da TH Sus 1:39 A * ;]
having full command of: Act.27:16.†
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