Periágō — G4013

Definition

verb

to take around (as a companion); reflexively, to walk around

1. transitive
1. to lead around
2. equivalent to to lead about with oneself
2. intransitive, to go about, walk about

Usually translated as

compass, go, about, lead about

Origin

from G4012 and G71

• perí (G4012)
• ágō (G71)

Occurrences

Periágō occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (3), Mark (1), Acts (1), 1 Corinthians (1)

• Matthew 4:23 — And Jesus went about (περιῆγεν) all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
• Matthew 9:35 — And Jesus went about (περιῆγεν) all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
• Matthew 23:15 — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass (περιάγετε) sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
• Mark 6:6 — And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went (περιῆγεν) round about the villages, teaching.
• Acts 13:11 — And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about (περιάγων) seeking some to lead him by the hand.
• 1 Corinthians 9:5 — Have we not power to lead about (περιάγειν) a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?