Periérchomai — G4022

Definition

verb

to come all around, i.e. stroll, vacillate, veer

1. to go about
2. of wanderers
3. of navigators (making a circuit)

Usually translated as

fetch a compass, vagabond, wandering about

Origin

from G4012 and G2064 (including its alternate)

• perí (G4012)
• érchomai (G2064)

Occurrences

Periérchomai occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Acts (2), 1 Timothy (1), Hebrews (1)

• Acts 19:13 — Then certain of the vagabond (περιερχομένων) Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
• Acts 28:13 — And from thence we fetched a compass (περιελθοντες), and came to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli:
• 1 Timothy 5:13 — And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house (περιερχόμεναι); and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
• Hebrews 11:37 — They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about (περιῆλθον) in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;