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
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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+]
