periagō · go around

What it means

periagō (περιάγω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “go around”.

From place to place; take along.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Travel everywhere; feel one's way blindly.
2. To have someone always at one's side on journeys.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• going around ×2
• went around ×2
• take along ×1
• you travel around ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Mark×1
• Acts×1
• 1 Corinthians×1

• Matthew 4:23

  And he went around in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.

• Matthew 9:35

  And Jesus went around all the towns and the villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and every sickness.

• Matthew 23:15

  Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel around the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and when he becomes one, you make him a son of Gehenna twice as much as you.

• Mark 6:6

  And he was amazed because of their unbelief. And he was going around the villages in a circuit, teaching.

• Acts 13:11

  And now, look, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a time.” And immediately mist and darkness fell on him, and going around he was seeking people to lead him by the hand.

• 1 Corinthians 9:5

  It is not that we do not have the right to take along a sister as a wife, as also the other apostles do, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas, is it?