περί-κειμαι [in LXX: Ep. Je 24, 58, 4Ma.12:3 * ;] 1. to lie round about: μύλος, λίθος (RV, were hanged about), Mrk.9:42, Luk.17:2; νεφος μαρτύρων, Heb.12:1. 2. to have around one, be clothed with: Act.28:20; figuratively, ἀσθένειαν, Heb.5:2.† (AS)
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G4029 — περίκειμαι
perikeimai · to surround · Greek
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Mark 9:42 · περίκειταιBut if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea.Luke 17:2 · περίκειταιIt would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.Acts 28:20 · περίκειμαι.So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”Hebrews 5:2 · περίκειταιHe is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is subject to weakness.Hebrews 12:1 · περικείμενονTherefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.