# G4029 περίκειμαι

περίκειμαι (períkeimai), Strong’s G4029: to lie all around, i.e. inclose, encircle, hamper (literally or figuratively) KJV: be bound (compassed) with, hang about. Occurs 5 times.

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*períkeimai* — to lie all around, i.e. inclose, encircle, hamper (literally or figuratively)

KJV: be bound (compassed) with, hang about

Built from [περί perí](https://besorah.bible/word/G4012) (through) + [κεῖμαι keîmai](https://besorah.bible/word/G2749) (to lie outstretched)

Occurs 5 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Mark 9:42](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/9?v=42) — “Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he were thrown…
- [Luke 17:2](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/17?v=2) — It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that…
- [Acts 28:20](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/28?v=20) — For this cause therefore I asked to see you and to speak with you. For because of the hope of Israel I am bound with…
- [Hebrews 5:2](https://besorah.bible/besorah/hebrews/5?v=2) — The high priest can deal gently with those who are ignorant and going astray, because he himself is also surrounded…
- [Hebrews 12:1](https://besorah.bible/besorah/hebrews/12?v=1) — Therefore let’s also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin…