περιλαμβάνω
embrace, surround
Where this word appears
Every passage where περιλαμβάνω appears in the Greek Septuagint — 13 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 29:13 περιλαμβάνω And it came to pass when Laban heard the name of Jacob, his sister's son, he ran to meet him, and embraced and kissed him, and brought him into his house; and he told Laban all these sayings.
- Genesis 33:4 περιλαμβάνω And Esau ran on to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they both wept.
- Genesis 48:10 περιλαμβάνω Now the eyes of Israel were dim through age, and he could not see; and he brought them near to him, and he kissed them, and embraced them.
- Judges 16:29 περιλαμβάνω And Sampson took hold of the two pillars of the house on which the house stood, and leaned on them, and laid hold of one with his right hand, and the other with his left.
- 2 Kings 4:16 περιλαμβάνω And Elisaie said to her, At this time next year, as the season is, you shall be alive, and embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, do not lie to your servant.
- Psalms 47:13 περιλαμβάνω Mark you⌃ well her strength, and observe her palaces; that you⌃ may tell the next generation.
- Proverbs 4:8 περιλαμβάνω Secure it, and it shall exalt you: honor it, that it may embrace you;
- Ecclesiastes 3:5 περιλαμβάνω a time to throw stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to abstain from embracing;
- Ecclesiastes 4:5 περιλαμβάνω The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh.
- Song of Solomon 2:6 περιλαμβάνω His left hand shall be under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.
- Song of Solomon 8:3 περιλαμβάνω His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
- Isaiah 31:9 περιλαμβάνω for they shall be compassed with rocks as with a trench, and shall be worsted; and he that flees shall be taken. Thus says the Lord, Blessed is he that has a seed in Sion, and household friends in Jerusalem.
- Ezekiel 5:3 περιλαμβάνω And you shall take thence a few in number, and shall wrap them in the fold of your garment.
About this word
About this word
περιλαμβάνω (perilambánō), “embrace, surround,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 13 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →