περίχωρ-ος G4066
The surrounding region or countryside; the area around a particular place.
A substantivized adjective meaning 'the region round about,' typically referring to the countryside or territory surrounding a notable city or landmark. When Matthew reports that 'all the region around the Jordan' came out to John (Matt 3:5), or that Jesus' fame spread through 'all the surrounding region' of Galilee (Mark 1:28), the word maps a geographical zone defined by its center point. Spanish uses both 'comarca' (district) and 'región alrededor' (region around), while French 'environs' and German 'Umgebung' both emphasize the encircling spatial relationship.
Senses
1. surrounding region — The surrounding region, countryside, or district encircling a named place — a substantivized feminine of the adjective meaning 'round about.' In the Gospels it consistently designates the geographical area around a city, river, or territory: the Jordan region (Matt 3:5, Luke 3:3), the land of Gennesaret (Matt 14:35), or the wider Galilean countryside (Mark 1:28, Luke 4:14, 4:37). The Spanish dual rendering 'comarca' and 'región alrededor' captures both the administrative-district sense and the purely spatial sense that the Greek word holds together. 9×
AR["الكُورَةِ", "الْكُورَةِ", "الْكُورَةِ-الْمُحِيطَةِ-بِ", "كورَةِ-المُحيطَةِ", "كُورَةِ-حَوْلَ", "نَواحي"]·ben["আশেপাশে", "আশেপাশের", "আশেপাশের-অঞ্চলে", "চারপাশের-অঞ্চলে", "পরিবেষ্টিত-অঞ্চল", "পার্শ্ববর্তী-অঞ্চলে", "পার্শ্ববর্তী-অঞ্চলের"]·DE["Umgebung"]·EN["region-around", "surrounding-region"]·FR["environs", "région-environnante"]·heb["כִּכָּר", "סְבִיבַת", "סְבִיבָה"]·HI["अअस-पअस-के-कशेत्र", "आस-पास", "आस-पास-का-देश", "आस-पास-के-प्रदेश", "आस-पास-के-प्रदेश-के", "आसपास", "आसपास-के-देश"]·ID["daerah-sekitar", "itu", "sekitar", "sekitarnya"]·IT["regione-circostante"]·jav["sak-kiwa-tengen", "sakiwa-tengen", "sakiwa-tengen,", "sakiwa-tengen.", "sakiwa-tengenipun,", "wewengkon-sakubengipun", "wilayah-sakiwa-tengen"]·KO["주변-에", "주변-의", "주변-이", "주변-지역", "주변-지역-의", "주변-지역에", "주변-지역으로", "지방-에"]·PT["região-ao-redor", "região-ao-redor,"]·RU["окрестности", "окрестности,", "окрестности.", "окрестность"]·ES["comarca", "región", "región-alrededor", "región-circundante"]·SW["jirani", "kandokando", "nchi-jirani", "nchi-ya-jirani"]·TR["çevre-bölge", "çevre-bölgenin", "çevre-bölgeye", "çevrede.", "çevresi", "çevresine", "çevresinin"]·urd["آس-پاس", "آس-پاس-کے-علاقے", "آس-پاس-کے-علاقے-", "آس-پاس-کے-علاقے۔", "ارد-گرد-میں", "گرد-و-نواح"]
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
περίχωρ-ος, ον, round about a place: οἱ π. the people about, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἡ π. (i.e. γῆ) the country round about, LXX+NT; τὰ π. Refs 4th c.AD+