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peripeírō

pierce

Say it: per-ee-PI-ro (approximate)

περιπείρω

What it means

To pierce through (peri "around" plus peirō "pierce"). In 6:10, "have pierced themselves through with many sorrows." It appears only here.

Range of meaning

  • Pierce throughStab all over.
  • ImpaleRun through.

In 1 Timothy

  • Chapter 6

    "Have pierced themselves through" (6:10). The word appears only here.

Every verse (1)

Verses where G4044 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources