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G4044 περιπείρω (peripeírō)
Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

I pierce through

Strong's Definition

to penetrate entirely, i.e. transfix (figuratively)

Derivation: from G4012 (περί) and the base of G4008 (πέραν);

KJV Usage: pierce through

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

περιπείρω: 1 aorist περιεπειρα; to pierce through (see περί, III. 3): τινα ξιφεσι, δόρατι, etc., Diodorus, Josephus, Plutarch, Lucian, others; metaphorically, ἑαυτόν ... ὀδύναις, to torture one's soul with sorrows, 1Ti_6:10 (ἀνηκέστοις κακοῖς, Philo in Flacc. § 1).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

περιπείρω peripeirō 1x to put on a spit, transfix; met. to pierce, wound deeply, 1Ti_6:10

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

† περι -πείρω , to put on a spit , hence, to pierce: metaph ., ἑαυτὸν . . . ὀδύναις , 1Ti_6:10 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

περιπείρω [page 507] For the metaph. use of this verb pierce in 1Ti_6:10 , cf. Philo Flacc. 1 (ed. Cohn) ἀνηκέστοις περιέπειρε κακοῖς , and the other passages cited by Wetstein from late Greek.

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

περιπείρω "to pierce as with a spit": metaph. "to pierce", ἑαυτοὺς π. ὀδύναις NTest.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

περι-πείρω to put on a spit, hence, to pierce: metaphorically, ἑαυτὸν . . . ὀδύναις, 1Ti.6:10.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

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