# G4023 περιέχω

περιέχω (periéchō), Strong’s G4023: to hold all around, i.e. include, clasp (figuratively) KJV: + astonished, contain, after (this manner). Occurs 30 times.

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*periéchō* — to hold all around, i.e. include, clasp (figuratively)

KJV: + astonished, contain, after (this manner)

Built from [περί perí](https://besorah.bible/word/G4012) (through) + [ἔχω échō](https://besorah.bible/word/G2192) (to hold)

Occurs 30 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Luke 5:9](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/5?v=9) — For he was amazed, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish which they had caught;
- [1 Peter 2:6](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-peter/2?v=6) — Because it is contained in Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen and precious. He who believes…
- [1 Esdras 8:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-esdras/8?v=7) — For Esdras had very great skill, so that he omitted nothing of the law and commandments of the Lord, but taught all…
- [Wisdom of Solomon 18:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/wisdom-of-solomon/18?v=14) — For while peaceful silence wrapped all things, and night in her own swiftness was half spent,
- [Sirach 51:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/51?v=7) — They surrounded me on every side. There was no one to help me. I was looking for human help, and there was none.
- [1 Maccabees 15:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/15?v=2) — Its contents follow: “King Antiochus to Simon the chief priest and governor, and to the nation of the Jews, greetings.
- [2 Maccabees 4:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/4?v=16) — For this reason, severe calamity overtook them. The men whose ways of living they earnestly followed, and to whom they…
- [2 Maccabees 9:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/9?v=18) — But when his sufferings did in no way cease, for the judgment of God had come upon him in righteousness, having given…
- [2 Maccabees 11:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/11?v=16) — The letter written to the Jews from Lysias was to this effect: “Lysias to the people of the Jews, greetings.
- [2 Maccabees 11:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/11?v=22) — And the king’s letter contained these words: “King Antiochus to his brother Lysias, greetings.