noun · feminine

periochas

Greekπεριοχή (periochē)

Strong’sG4042

a passage of Scripture

stem perioch-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

passage1×

What it means

περι-οχή, -ῆς, ἡ

(< περιέχω), [in LXX for מְצוּדָה, מָצוֹר, etc.;]

1. compass, circumference.

2. a portion circumscribed, a section: Ac 8:32.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4042 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidper-ee-okh-ay'

a being held around, i.e. (concretely) a passage (of Scripture, as circumscribed)

Fromfrom G4023;

King Jamesplace.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	periochas1×περιοχὴ	periochais
object accusative	periochan	periochain
direct address vocative	periochar	periochair
of, belonging to genitive	periochau	periochaiu
to, for dative	periocha	periochai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

periochstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

periocha 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

periochas“passage”subjectnominative singular1×

Acts 8:32“passage”tas de periochas tau grafau han anaginōskate ate houtas; Hōs probatem epi sfagan agita, kai hōs amnos enantion tou keiraratou auton afōnos, houtōs ouk anoigatō tem stomem autou.The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.