verb
perikuklamō
Strong’sG4033
I encircle, surround
stem perikukl-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
περι-κυκλόω, -ῶ,
[in LXX chiefly for סבב;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4033 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
encircle, encompass, LXX+4th c.BC+, etc.:—more frequently in middle, surround an enemy, Refs 5th c.BC+
II intransitive, go round, Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| perikuklaliπερικυκλώσουσίν | will happen · theyfuture active indicative 3rd person plural | surround | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | perikuklamō | perikuklame | perikuklami | perikuklama | perikuklamē | perikuklamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | perikuklasō | perikuklase | perikuklasi | perikuklasa | perikuklasē | perikuklaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | perikuklatō | perikuklate | perikuklati | perikuklata | perikuklatē | perikuklatelē |
| we 1st person plural | perikuklanō | perikuklane | perikuklani | perikuklana | perikuklanē | perikuklanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | perikuklavō | perikuklave | perikuklavi | perikuklava | perikuklavē | perikuklavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | perikuklalō | perikuklale | perikuklali1×περικυκλώσουσίν | perikuklala | perikuklalē | perikuklalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | perikuklameiō | perikuklameia | perikuklameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | perikuklaseiō | perikuklaseia | perikuklaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | perikuklateiō | perikuklateia | perikuklateiē |
| we 1st person plural | perikuklaneiō | perikuklaneia | perikuklaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | perikuklaveiō | perikuklaveia | perikuklaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | perikuklaleiō | perikuklaleia | perikuklaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | perikuklasōr | perikuklasar | perikuklasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | perikuklatōr | perikuklatar | perikuklatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | perikuklavōr | perikuklavar | perikuklavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | perikuklalōr | perikuklalar | perikuklalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | perikuklamoiō | perikuklamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | perikuklasoiō | perikuklasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | perikuklatoiō | perikuklatoia |
| we 1st person plural | perikuklanoiō | perikuklanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | perikuklavoiō | perikuklavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | perikuklaloiō | perikuklaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | perikuklarō | perikuklari | perikuklara | perikuklarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | perikuklarōntos | perikuklarintos | perikuklarantos | perikuklarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
perikukl is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
perikuklali“surround”will happen · theyfuture active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Luke 19:43… tois echthrois su charakon si kai perikuklali sin kai sunechali sin pantothen,… your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on …