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G4063 περιτρέχω (peritréchō)
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Quick Definition

περιτρέχω v. I run around

Strong's Definition

from 4012 and 5143 (including its alternate); to run around, i.e. traverse

KJV Usage: run through

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

verb | aor. περιέδραμον | τρέχω

15.231 · Linear Movement · Run

to run about to run or go hurriedly about

MRK 6:55

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

περι-τρέχω : 2 aor. [περιέδραμον T Tr WH], ptep. περιδραμόντες [RGL]; fr. [Hom.], Theogn., Xen., Plat. down; to run around, run round about: with an ace. of place, Mk. vi. 55. (Sept. twice for wiv, Jer. ν. 1; Am. viii. 12.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

περιτρέχω peritrechō 1x

to run about, run up and down, Mk. 6:55*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

περι-τρέχω,

[in LXX: Am 8:12, Je 5:1 (שׁוּט pi.)*;]

to run about: c. acc. loc., Mk 6:55.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

περιτρέχω, “run round” (Mk 6°: cf. Apoc. Petr. 5), is found in P Flor 11. 1207 (A.D. 254) περιτρέχων τὰ[ς] ἅλως, ‘ going round the threshing floors”: cf. PSI I. 9927 (fragment of a comedy—ii/A. D.) περιδραμών.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

περιτρέχω (peritrechō) — to run around. περιτρέχω, future - θρέξομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist περιέδρᾰμον [Refs]; but infinitive - θρέξαι [Refs]: perfect - δεδράμηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—run round and round, τὸ δῶμα π., said by a drunken man, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; π. εἰς ταὐτόν come round, return to the same point, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. run about everywhere, οἱ δὲ πυππάζουσι περιτρέχοντες [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, to be in motion, circulate, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἡ περιτρέχουσα ὑγρότης flexibility of movement, of a surgeon operating, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

3. metaphorically, to be current, in vogue, ταῦτα περιτρέχοντα πᾶσι προσφέρεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ περιτρέχουσα ἑταιρεία common society, [Refs]; ὀνόματα περιτρέχοντα current, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; τέχνη περιτρέχουσα, of Rhetoric, comprehensive art, ars circumcurrens, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

II. with accusative, run round, τὴν λίμνην κύκλῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; run round searching, τὴν Πύκνα πᾶσαν [Refs]; run up to from all sides, τὸν δὲ βληθέντα περιέδραμε ὅμιλος [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. b of things, especially in perfect -δέδρομα, encompass, surround, περιδέδρομεν ἅψεα νοῦσος [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

II.2. metaphorically, circumvent, take in, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

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