"to lie around, be surround, Heb. 12:1; to be hung around, Mk. 9:42; Lk. 17:2; to have around one’s self, to wear, Acts 28:20; to be in submission to, Heb. 5:2*"
Definition and meaning
to lie around, be surround, Heb. 12:1; to be hung around, Mk. 9:42; Lk. 17:2; to have around one’s self, to wear, Acts 28:20; to be in submission to, Heb. 5:2*
In the original Greek the word is written: περίκειμαι
Historical context
The Gospel of Mark moves urgently — the word "immediately" appears over 40 times. It was written for a Roman audience familiar with power and action. Jesus is portrayed as a man who acts, heals, and commands authority that the Roman world had never seen from a Jewish teacher.
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 perikeimai (G4029) across the King James Bible.
And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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Common questions
Strong's G4029 (perikeimai) is a Greek word that means: to lie around, be surround, Heb. 12:1; to be hung around, Mk. 9:42; Lk. 17:2; to have around one’s self, to wear, Acts 28:20; to be in submission to, Heb. 5:2* It appears 5 times in the King James Bible.
The word perikeimai (G4029) appears 5 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G4029 is perikeimai, a Greek word defined as: to lie around, be surround, Heb. 12:1; to be hung around, Mk. 9:42; Lk. 17:2; to have around one’s self, to wear, Acts 28:20; to be in submission to, . James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
perikeimai is a Greek word found in the New Testament.