περιοικ-έω G4039
dwelling around, living nearby; neighboring
A participle (from perioikeo) meaning those who dwell around or live nearby—neighbors. Luke uses it in Luke 1:65 to describe the neighbors and those 'dwelling around' Zechariah and Elizabeth who witnessed the miraculous events surrounding John's birth. The term emphasizes geographic proximity and community. These neighbors shared in the wonder and spread the news throughout the hill country.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Those dwelling around or nearby; neighbors. Luke's narrative shows how the remarkable events surrounding John the Baptist's birth spread through the local community, as neighbors witnessed God's work in Zechariah's household. The multilingual glosses ('dwelling-around,' 'que-habitaban-alrededor,' 'voisin') emphasize proximity and community, highlighting how God's acts impact those geographically close. 1×
AR["سَاكِنِينَ-حَوْلَهُمْ"]·ben["চারপাশে-বাসকারী"]·DE["περιοικοῦντας"]·EN["dwelling-around"]·FR["voisin"]·heb["הַשְּׁכֵנִים"]·HI["आस-पास-रहनेवालों"]·ID["itu"]·IT["perioikountas"]·jav["ingkang-manggon-sakiwa-tengen"]·KO["주변-에-사는"]·PT["que-habitavam-ao-redor"]·RU["живущих-вокруг"]·ES["que-habitaban-alrededor"]·SW["jirani"]·TR["çevresinde-oturanların"]·urd["آس-پاس-رہنے-والوں"]
Related Senses
H5971a 1. people, nation (1836×)H5973a 1. accompaniment, together with (956×)H0854 1. with (accompaniment) (665×)H1471a 1. nations, peoples (plural/collective) (466×)G3326 1. with (368×)H1285 1. covenant, pact, treaty (284×)G2453 1. Jewish person, Jew (194×)H4150 1. meeting (tent of meeting) (151×)G2992 1. people/nation (an ethnic or political community) (142×)G4862 1. (129×)G1484 1. Gentiles, non-Jewish nations (128×)H1471a 2. nation, people-group (singular) (98×)H3162b 1. together (97×)H1616 1. sojourner, resident alien (92×)H0567 1. Amorite (people group) (87×)H3064 1. Jew, Jewish person (81×)H3669a 1. Canaanite (ethnic designation) (70×)G1122 1. scribe / expert in the Law (63×)H2114a 1. stranger, foreigner (person) (54×)H5608b 1. scribe, royal secretary (48×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
περιοικ-έω, (περίοικος) dwell round persons or places, with accusative, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, to be inhabited all round, κύκλῳ Refs 4th c.BC+