"to lead around, carry about Acts 13:11 in one’s company, 1 Cor. 9:5; to traverse, Mt. 4:23; 9:35; 23:15; Mk. 6:6"
Definition and meaning
to lead around, carry about Acts 13:11 in one’s company, 1 Cor. 9:5; to traverse, Mt. 4:23; 9:35; 23:15; Mk. 6:6
In the original Greek the word is written: περιάγω
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of periago (G4013) across the King James Bible.
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.
And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
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Common questions
Strong's G4013 (periago) is a Greek word that means: to lead around, carry about Acts 13:11 in one’s company, 1 Cor. 9:5; to traverse, Mt. 4:23; 9:35; 23:15; Mk. 6:6 It appears 6 times in the King James Bible.
The word periago (G4013) appears 6 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G4013 is periago, a Greek word defined as: to lead around, carry about Acts 13:11 in one’s company, 1 Cor. 9:5; to traverse, Mt. 4:23; 9:35; 23:15; Mk. 6:6. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
periago is a Greek word found in the New Testament.