"neighboring; ἡ περίχωρος, i.e. γῆ, an adjacent region, country round about, Mt. 14:35; Mk. 1:28; meton. inhabitants of the region round about, Mt. 3:5"
Definition and meaning
neighboring; ἡ περίχωρος, i.e. γῆ, an adjacent region, country round about, Mt. 14:35; Mk. 1:28; meton. inhabitants of the region round about, Mt. 3:5
In the original Greek the word is written: περίχωρος
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 perichoros (G4066) across the King James Bible.
Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,
And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased;
And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee.
And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.
And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.
And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.
And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judaea, and throughout all the region round about.
Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.
They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:
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Common questions
Strong's G4066 (perichoros) is a Greek word that means: neighboring; ἡ περίχωρος, i.e. γῆ, an adjacent region, country round about, Mt. 14:35; Mk. 1:28; meton. inhabitants of the region round about, Mt. 3:5 It appears 10 times in the King James Bible.
The word perichoros (G4066) appears 10 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G4066 is perichoros, a Greek word defined as: neighboring; ἡ περίχωρος, i.e. γῆ, an adjacent region, country round about, Mt. 14:35; Mk. 1:28; meton. inhabitants of the region round about, Mt. 3:5. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
perichoros is a Greek word found in the New Testament.