Lexical Summary peripeirō: to put on a spit, to pierce Original Word: περιπείρωTransliteration: peripeirō Phonetic Spelling: (per-ee-pi'-ro) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to put on a spit, to pierce Meaning: to put on a spit, to pierce Strong's Concordance pierce through. From peri and the base of peran; to penetrate entirely, i.e. Transfix (figuratively) -- pierce through. see GREEK peri see GREEK peran Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4044: περιπείρωπεριπείρω: 1 aorist περιεπειρα; to pierce through (see περί, III. 3): τινα ξιφεσι, δόρατι, etc., Diodorus, Josephus, Plutarch, Lucian, others; metaphorically, ἑαυτόν ... ὀδύναις, to torture one's soul with sorrows, 1 Timothy 6:10 (ἀνηκέστοις κακοῖς, Philo in Flacc. § 1). |