Strong's Greek · G4066
περίχωρος
períchōros
country (round) about, region (that lieth) round about
Definition
around the region, i.e. circumjacent (as noun, with G1093 (γῆ) implied vicinity)
Derivation
Appears 9 times in Scripture
“they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,”
“And the news about Jesus spread throughout the surrounding region.”
“People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region around the Jordan.”
“And when the men of that place recognized Jesus, they sent word to all the surrounding region. People brought all the sick to Him”
“Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and the news about Him spread throughout the surrounding region.”
“Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to depart from them, because great fear had taken hold of them. So He got into the boat and started back.”
“And the news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and all the surrounding region.”
“And the news about Jesus spread quickly through the whole region of Galilee.”
“He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).