Quick Definition
περίοικος, ον Adj a neighbor
Strong's Definition
from 4012 and 3624; housed around, i.e. neighboring (used elliptically as a noun)
KJV Usage: neighbour
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | οἰκέω
11.89 · Groups and Classes of Persons and Members of Such Groups and Classes · Socio-Political
neighbor, brother a person who lives close beside others and who thus by implication is a part of a so-called in-group, that is, the group with which an individual identifies both ethnically and culturally It may be that of the three terms γείτων, περίοικος, and πλησίον[b], the last is somewhat broader in meaning. At least πλησίον is used in LUK 10:27 in a somewhat extended sense of ‘fellow man,’ while ἀδελφός[e] probably suggests a more intimate or close relationship.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
περί-οικος, -ov, (περί and οἶκος), dwelling around, a neighbor; Lk.i.58. (Gen. xix. 29; Deut. i. 7; Jer. xxx. (xlix.) 5; Hdt., Thue., Xen., Isoer., al.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
περίοικος perioikos 1x
one who dwells in the vicinity, a neighbor, Lk. 1:58*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
περί-οικος, -ον,
[in LXX for כִּכָּר, etc.;]
dwelling around; as subst., ὁ π., a neighbour: Lk 1:58 (cf. πλησίον).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
περίοικος (perioikos) — neighboring. περίοικος, ον, dwelling round, οἱ π. Λίβυες [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ π. neighbours, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ π. (i.e. χώρα) [LXX]; τὸ π. τοῦ Ἰορδάνου[LXX]; τὰ π. the neighbouring countries, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. in Laconia, οἱ π. the inhabitants of the towns dependent on Sparta, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in Crete, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: hence generally, dependent, subject, περιοίκους τε καὶ οἰκέτας ἔχοντες [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. geographically, περίοικοι, οἱ, those who live on the same parallel of latitude as ourselves but 180° East or West of us, opposed to ἄντοικοι (see. Addenda), ἀντίποδες (which see). [Refs 1st c.BC+]