Usage: 6 forms in 14 verses
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| περικαθιείσ | you shall besiege | LXX.Deut.20.12 |
| περικαθίσησ | you should besiege | LXX.Deut.20.19 |
| περικάθισαν | they besieged | LXX.Josh.10.38 |
| περιεκάθισεν | besieged | LXX.Judg.9.50 • LXX.1Kgs.15.27 • LXX.2Kgs.6.24 |
| he besieged | LXX.Josh.10.31 • LXX.Josh.10.34 | |
| περιεκάθισε | besieged | LXX.1Chr.20.1 |
| περιεκάθισαν | laid siege | LXX.1Kgs.20.1 |
| they besieged | LXX.Josh.10.5 • LXX.Josh.10.36 • LXX.2Sam.11.1 • LXX.1Kgs.16.17 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
περικαθίζω (perikathizō) to besiege G:V
περικαθίζω-ίζω,
cause to sit around or over, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 π. στρατὸν τῇ πόλει invest a city, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II intransitive, sit round, τῇ πυρᾷ [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: but usually besiege, φρούριον Wilcken [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τὸ τεῖχος variant in [Refs 1st c.BC+]; περὶ or ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν, [LXX+1st c.AD+]
__III middle, invest, περικαθίζωεζόμενοι (aorist participle) τὸ τεῖχος [περικαθίζωισάμενος 1st c.AD: Memnon Historicus 45.1: \_intransitive\_">Refs 4th c.BC+] in passive form, περικαθίζωεσθέντες having sat down round about, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]present infinitive περικαθίζωέζεσθαι, = obsidere, [Refs]