STRONGS G4023:
περιέχω; 2 aorist
περιέσχον; from
Homer down; in the N. T.
to surround, encompass; i. e.
a. to contain: of the subject-matter, contents, of a writing (
ἡ βίβλος περιέχει τάς πράξεις,
Diodorus 2, 1; (
Josephus, contra Apion (1, 1); 1, 8, 2; 2, 4, 1; 2, 38, 1)),
ἐπιστολήν περιέχουσαν τόν τύπον τοῦτον, a letter of which this is a sample, or a letter written after this form (cf.
τύπος, 3),
Acts 23:25 (
L T Tr WH ἔχουσαν (cf. Grimm on 1 Macc. as below)) (
τόν τρόπον τοῦτον, 1 Macc. 15:2; 2 Macc. 11:16); intransitive, (
Buttmann, § 129, 17 n.; 144 (126) n.):
περιέχει ἐν (
τῇ)
γραφή, it is contained in (holy) scripture,
1 Peter 2:6 R G T Tr WH; absolutely,
περιέχει ἡ γραφή (our
runs), followed by direct discourse, ibid. Lachmann; likewise,
ὁ νόμος ὑμῶν περιέχει,
Ev. Nicod. c. 4; with adverbs:
περιέχειν οὕτως, 2 Macc. 9:18 2Macc. 11:22;
καθώς περιέχει βίβλος Ανωχ,
Test. xii. Patr., test.
Levi 10;
ὡς ἡ παράδοσις περιέχει,
Eusebius,
h. e. 3, 1; see Grimm on 1 Macc. 11:29.
b. equivalent to
to take possession of, to seize:
τινα,
Luke 5:9 (2 Macc. 4:16;
Josephus,
b. j. 4, 10, 1).
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