Original Word: περιοχή, ῆς, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: perioché
Phonetic Spelling: (per-ee-okh-ay')
Short Definition: a passage of Scripture
Definition: a section or passage of Scripture.STRONGS NT 4042: περιοχή

περιοχή, περιοχῆς, ἡ (περιέχω, which see);

1. an encompassing, compass, circuit (Theophrastus, Diodorus, Plutarch, others).

2. that which is contained; specifically, the contents of any writing, Acts 8:32 (Cicero, ad Attic. 13, 25; Stobaeus, eclog. ethic., p. 164 (ii., p. 541, Gaisford edition)) (but A. V. place i. e. passage; cf. Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word).

Scripture passage

From periecho; a being held around, i.e. (concretely) a passage (of Scripture, as circumscribed) -- place.

see GREEK periecho

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