| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| περιβολήν | his wrap-around | LXX.Gen.49.11 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
περιβολή (peribolē) a wrap-around G:N-F
περιβολή-ή, ἡ,
covering, garment, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; dress, [LXX+1st c.BC+]; turn of a bandage, [περιβολήαί">Refs 5th c.BC+] embraces, [περιβολήαί alone, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 7.3, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 8)">Refs 5th c.BC+]; περιβολήαὶ χθονός, i.e. the grave, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς σκοτεινὰς π. μεθῶ ξίφος scabbard, [Refs]; ἄτοιχοι π. σκηνωμάτων tents, [Refs]; π. σφραγις μάτων the sealed coverings, [Refs]; π. τοῖς σώμασι, of clothes and houses, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; σαρκῶν π. putting on of flesh, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: absolutely, of walls round a town, ἑπτάπυργοι π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ ἔκτοσθεν π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐνιαυσία π. χλαμύδος annual investiture, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__2 circumnavigation, περιβολήαὶ τῆς Πελοποννήσου [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II space enclosed, compass, οἰκίης μεγάλης π. a house of large compass, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; precinct, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
__II.b extent, degree, π. νοσήματος [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 circumference, circuit, χωρίου.. γωνιώδη π. ἔχοντος [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III metaphorically,
__III.1 compassing, endeavouring after, τῆς ἀρχῆς π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 ἡ π. παντὸς τοῦ λόγου the compass of the whole matter, scope, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.3 Rhet., expansion, amplification, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; prolixity, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]