περίκειμαι (perikeimai) means “to surround” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: per-ik'-i-mahee Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
περίκειμαι · perikeimai · to surround
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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I lie about, surround; I am encompassed, surrounded, or clothed with, am in submission to.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| hung | 2 |
| is subject to | 1 |
| surrounded by | 1 |
| that i am bound with | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
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| are compassed about with | 1 |
| he | 1 |
| i am bound with | 1 |
| is compassed with | 1 |
| were hanged | 1 |
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But 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.
Read word by wordIt 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.
Read word by wordSo 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.”
Read word by wordHe is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is subject to weakness.
Read word by wordTherefore, 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.
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