G4042

περιοχή

periochē

Feminine noun · From περιέχω (G4023)

From G4023; a being held around, i.e. (concretely) a passage (of Scripture, as circumscribed):—place.

Outline

an encompassing, compass, circuit
that which is contained

the contents of any writing

Usages

Acts 8:32

The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:

Quoting Isaiah 53:7

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

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