πέριξ G4038
around, round about; in the surrounding area
An adverb (and sometimes preposition) meaning around, round about, or in the surrounding area. In Acts 5:16, it describes the crowds coming from 'the surrounding towns' (τῶν πόλεων πέριξ) to Jerusalem for healing. The term indicates proximity and encircling location. It emphasizes the widespread impact of the apostles' ministry, drawing people from neighboring regions.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Around, in the surrounding area, or round about. Luke's description of crowds from surrounding towns highlights the geographical reach of the apostolic healing ministry, as news spread throughout the region. The cross-lingual evidence ('surrounding,' 'circundantes,' 'autour') uniformly captures spatial proximity and the encircling geography that brought people to the apostles. 1×
AR["حَوْلَ"]·ben["চারপাশের"]·DE["πέριξ"]·EN["surrounding"]·FR["autour"]·heb["סְבִיב"]·HI["दुर्बलों-को"]·ID["sekitar"]·IT["intorno"]·jav["sakiwa-tengen"]·KO["도시들-의"]·RU["окрестных"]·ES["circundantes"]·SW["jirani"]·TR["çevresindeki"]·urd["اردگرد"]
Related Senses
H8033 1. There (locative adverb) (835×)H7760a 1. put, place, set physically (444×)H8064 1. heavens / sky (329×)H5439 1. around, all around (spatial) (319×)H4057b 1. wilderness, desert region (270×)H3220 1. sea, body of water (269×)H0520a 1. cubit (unit of length) (246×)H0127 1. ground, land (territory) (210×)H3383 1. Jordan River (proper noun) (183×)G1093 1. earth, the world (176×)H5800a 1. forsake, abandon (Qal active) (166×)H8121 1. sun (celestial body) (133×)H7126 1. offer, present sacrificially (122×)H6828 1. north, cardinal direction (120×)H2351 1. outside, exterior space (119×)H5104 1. river, stream (119×)H7341 1. width, breadth (101×)G1563 1. there (95×)H7126 2. draw near, approach (95×)G2281 1. sea, large body of water (91×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
πέριξ, strengthened for περί, mostly Ionic dialect Prose and Trag. (in latter usually adverb): __I preposition, round about, all round, with genitive, Refs 5th c.BC+ __I.2 rarely with dative, Refs 5th c.BC+ __I.3 commonly with accusative, Refs 5th c.BC+: mostly before its case, but also after,Refs 5th c.BC+ __II adverb round about, π. ὑπορύσσοντες τὸ τεῖχος Refs 5th c.BC+; κύκλῳ π. Refs 5th c.BC+…