verb
peritrechamō
Strong’sG4063
I run around
stem peritrech-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-τρέχω,
[in LXX: Am 8:12, Je 5:1 (שׁוּט pi.)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4063 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
future - θρέξομαι Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist περιέδρᾰμον Refs; but infinitive - θρέξαι Refs: perfect - δεδράμηκα Refs 5th c.BC+:—run round and round, τὸ δῶμα π., said by a drunken man, Refs 6th c.BC+; π. εἰς ταὐτόν come round, return to the same point, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 run about everywhere, οἱ δὲ πυππάζουσι περιτρέχοντες Refs 5th c.BC+: generally, to be in motion, circulate, Refs 3rd c.AD+; ἡ περιτρέχουσα ὑγρότης flexibility of movement, of a surgeon operating, Refs 1st c.AD+
3metaphorically, to be current, in vogue, ταῦτα περιτρέχοντα πᾶσι προσφέρεσθαι Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ περιτρέχουσα ἑταιρεία common society, Refs; ὀνόματα περιτρέχοντα current, Refs 1st c.BC+; τέχνη περιτρέχουσα, of Rhetoric, comprehensive art, ars circumcurrens, Refs 1st c.AD+
II with accusative, run round, τὴν λίμνην κύκλῳ Refs 5th c.BC+; run round searching, τὴν Πύκνα πᾶσαν Refs; run up to from all sides, τὸν δὲ βληθέντα περιέδραμε ὅμιλος Refs 5th c.BC+
II.b of things, especially in perfect -δέδρομα, encompass, surround, περιδέδρομεν ἅψεα νοῦσος Refs 3rd c.BC+
II.2 metaphorically, circumvent, take in, Refs 5th c.BC+
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| peritrechalaπεριέδραμον | happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural | ran about | 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 | peritrechamō | peritrechame | peritrechami | peritrechama | peritrechamē | peritrechamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | peritrechasō | peritrechase | peritrechasi | peritrechasa | peritrechasē | peritrechaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | peritrechatō | peritrechate | peritrechati | peritrechata | peritrechatē | peritrechatelē |
| we 1st person plural | peritrechanō | peritrechane | peritrechani | peritrechana | peritrechanē | peritrechanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | peritrechavō | peritrechave | peritrechavi | peritrechava | peritrechavē | peritrechavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | peritrechalō | peritrechale | peritrechali | peritrechala1×περιέδραμον | peritrechalē | peritrechalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | peritrechameiō | peritrechameia | peritrechameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | peritrechaseiō | peritrechaseia | peritrechaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | peritrechateiō | peritrechateia | peritrechateiē |
| we 1st person plural | peritrechaneiō | peritrechaneia | peritrechaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | peritrechaveiō | peritrechaveia | peritrechaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | peritrechaleiō | peritrechaleia | peritrechaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | peritrechasōr | peritrechasar | peritrechasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | peritrechatōr | peritrechatar | peritrechatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | peritrechavōr | peritrechavar | peritrechavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | peritrechalōr | peritrechalar | peritrechalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | peritrechamoiō | peritrechamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | peritrechasoiō | peritrechasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | peritrechatoiō | peritrechatoia |
| we 1st person plural | peritrechanoiō | peritrechanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | peritrechavoiō | peritrechavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | peritrechaloiō | peritrechaloia |
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 | peritrecharō | peritrechari | peritrechara | peritrecharē |
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 | peritrecharōntos | peritrecharintos | peritrecharantos | peritrecharēntos |
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
peritrech 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
peritrechala“ran about”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Mark 6:55“ran about”peritrechala holan tan chōran ekeinan kai archela …and ran through that whole region, carrying the …