STRONGS G4042:
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).
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