What does περιέρχομαι (periérchomai) mean in the Bible?
περιέρχομαι (periérchomai) is a Greek word meaning "to go around".
Greek · G4022
περιέρχομαι
To go around
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περιέρχομαι G4022
Pronunciation periérchomai
What does περιέρχομαι (periérchomai) mean in the Bible?
περιέρχομαι (periérchomai) is a Greek word meaning "to go around".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4022?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include going from (1), itinerant (1), They went around (1).
Where does περιέρχομαι (periérchomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 19:13. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Timothy (1), Acts (1), Hebrews (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It going from 1× 1 Timothy 5:13
itinerant 1× Acts 19:13
They went around 1× Hebrews 11:37
Show sample aligned rows
Acts 19:13 περιερχομένων to itinerant Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Plural 1 Timothy 5:13 περιερχόμεναι to going from Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Feminine Plural Hebrews 11:37 περιῆλθον to They went around Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 19:13
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Acts 1 1 Timothy 1 Hebrews 1
Source forms
περιερχόμεναι 1x perierchomenai 1 Timothy 5:13
περιερχομένων 1x perierchomenōn Acts 19:13
περιῆλθον 1x periēlthon Hebrews 11:37
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural 1x Hebrews 11:37
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Acts 19:13
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Feminine Plural 1x 1 Timothy 5:13
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to go around
Source Gloss
to go around
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 19:13 Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Participle Genitive Plural Masculine
περιερχομένων periercomenwn
I move about, make a circuit, tack
Read verse Acts 28:13 Verb Second Aorist Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
περιελθόντες perielqontev
I move about, make a circuit, tack
Read verse 1 Timothy 5:13 Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Participle Nominative Plural Feminine
περιερχόμεναι periercomenai
I move about, make a circuit, tack
Read verse Hebrews 11:37 Verb Third Person Plural Second Aorist Active Indicative
περιῆλθον perihlqon
I move about, make a circuit, tack
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 3 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 2 aorist 1
Voice
middle 2 active 1
Mood
participle 2 indicative 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
περιέρχομαι is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain