περιέρχομαιperiérchomai
to go about (as an itinerant): Acts 19:13, Acts 28:13, Hebrews 11:37; τ.
Greek (New Testament) · G4022
Meanings
οἰκίας, from house to house: 1 Timothy 5:13.
Same root
- περίperí · G4012properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period)
- ἔρχομαιérchomai · G2064to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Acts 19:13 A group of Jews was traveling from town to town casting out evil spirits. They tried to use the name of the Lord Jesus in their incantation, saying, “I command you in the name of Jesus, whom Paul preaches, to come out!”
- 1 Timothy 5:13 And if they are on the list, they will learn to be lazy and will spend their time gossiping from house to house, meddling in other people’s business and talking about things they shouldn’t.
- Hebrews 11:37 Some died by stoning, some were sawed in half, and others were killed with the sword. Some went about wearing skins of sheep and goats, destitute and oppressed and mistreated.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.