περίχωρος, περίχωρον (περί and χῶρος), lying round about, neighboring (Plutarch, Aelian, Dio Cassius); in the Scriptures ἡ περίχωρος, namely, γῆ, the region round about (which see in B. D.): Mat_14:35; Mar_1:28; Mar_6:55 (R G L text); Luk_3:3; Luk_4:14; Luk_4:37; Luk_7:17; Luk_8:37; Act_14:6 (Gen_19:17; Deu_3:13, etc.; τῆς γῆς τῆς περιχώρου, Gen_19:28, the Alex. manuscript); ἡ περίχωρος τοῦ Ιορδάνου, Luk_3:3 (Gen_13:10 f; for δΗιΗΜψΐγΕΜο λΔΜλΗΜψ, the region of the Jordan (cf. B. D. as above)); by metonymy, for its inhabitants: Mat_3:5. (τό περίχωρον and τά περίχωρα, Deu_3:4; 1Ch_5:16; 2Ch_4:17, etc.)

περίχωρος perichōros 9x neighboring; ἡ περίχωρος , i.e. γῆ , an adjacent region, country round about, Mat_14:35 ; Mar_1:28 ; meton. inhabitants of the region round about, Mat_3:5

περί -χωρος , -ον , [in LXX : chiefly (ἡ Papyri) for H3603 ;] round about, neighbouring ( Dem ., Plut ., al. ). In LXX and NT, as subst ., ἡ Papyri ( sc . γῆ ), the region round about: Mat_14:35 , Mar_1:28 , Luk_4:14 ; Luk_4:37 ; Luk_7:17 ; Luk_8:37 , Act_14:6 ; ἡ Papyri τοῦ Ἰορδάνου , Luk_3:3 ; by meton . for the people of the same region, Mat_3:5 .†

περίχωρος [page 510] In Act_14:6 ἡ περίχωρος ( sc . γῆ ) describes the country that lies round the two cities of Lystra and Derbe, where there were no cities but only villages organized after the Anatolian style, not according to the Hellenic municipal fashion (Ramsay Recent Discovery , p. 39 n. .1 : cf. CRE p. 47 ff.).

περίχωρος περί-χωρος, ον, "round about a place": οἱ περίχωροι "the people about", Dem. , etc.:— ἡ π. (sc. γῆ) "the country round about", NTest.

περί-χωρος, -ον [in LXX: chiefly (ἡ π.) for כִּכָּר ;] round about, neighbouring (Dem., Plut., al.). In LXX and NT, as subst., ἡ π. (sc. γῆ), the region round about: Mat.14:35, Mrk.1:28, Luk.4:14, 37 7:17 8:37, Act.14:6; ἡ π. τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, Luk.3:3; by meton. for the people of the same region, Mat.3:5.† (AS)