περίχωρος períchōros

Meaning

around the region, i.e. circumjacent (as noun, with G1093 (γῆ) implied vicinity)

In the King James Version: country (round) about, region (that lieth) round about

Derivation: from G4012 (περί) and G5561 (χώρα);

Where it is used

• Matthew 3:5 People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region around the Jordan.
• Matthew 14:35 And when the men of that place recognized Jesus, they sent word to all the surrounding region. People brought all the sick to Him
• Mark 1:28 And the news about Jesus spread quickly through the whole region of Galilee.
• Luke 3:3 He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,
• Luke 4:14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and the news about Him spread throughout the surrounding region.
• Luke 4:37 And the news about Jesus spread throughout the surrounding region.
• Luke 7:17 And the news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and all the surrounding region.
• Luke 8:37 Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to depart from them, because great fear had taken hold of them. So He got into the boat and started back.
• Acts 14:6 they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,