περιοχ-ή, ἡ,
( περιέχω )
a containing, enclosing, Plu. 2.1078b, Herm. ap. Stob. 1.49.69.
2. compass, circumference, σφαίρας Placit. 3 Prooem., cf. J. BJ 5.4.3, Cleom. 1.11, 2.3, Diog.Oen. 24; opp. μῆκος, BGU 492.10 (ii A.D.); ἡ ἐκτὸς π ., of the body, Arist. Col. 797b22, cf. Pr. 870a10, D.S. 1.91; κατὰ τὰς τῶν ἐθνῶν π . according to their extent, Id. 17.58; mass, body, Plu. Lys. 12; π. τις οὐρανοῦ Epicur. Eph Ephesians 2 p.37U.; ἀκατάληπτος π ., of the world, Secund. Sent. 1 .
3. generally, compass, extent, ἡ π. τῆς ὅλης περιβολῆς καὶ πράξεως Plb. 11.19.2; aggregate, Dam. Pr. 88, 95 bis. content of a definition, etc., Corn. Rh. p.382H., Alex.Aphr. in APr. 278.11, etc. summary, Herm. ap. Stob. 1.41.1; σύντομος π . Procl. in Ti. 1.73; periochae, title of summaries of books of Livy.
4. inclusion, S.E. P. 3.101; κατὰ περιοχήν τινος including . ., Ph. 2.488 .
II portion circumscribed or marked off, section of a book, Cic. Att. 13.25.3, [Act 8:32] .
III pod, husk, shell, Thphr. CP 1.19.2 .
2. fence, fortification, LXX [1Sa 22:4], al.; πόλις περιοχῆς ib. [Psa 31:21](30).21,al. straitness, = θλῖψις, συνοχή, Phot.; esp. siege, LXX [Jer 19:9]; ἦλθεν πόλις ἐν περιοχῇ ib. [2Ki 24:10]; ὕδωρ περιοχῆς ib. [Nah 3:14] . = περιπέτεια, Phot.
G4042 — περιοχή
περιοχῆς, ἡ (περιέχω, which see);
1. an encompassing, compass, circuit (Theophrastus, Diodorus, Plutarch, others).
2. that which is contained; specifically, the contents of any writing, [Act 8:32] (Cicero, ad Attic. 13, 25; Stobaeus, eclog. ethic., p. 164 (ii., p. 541, Gaisford edition)) (but A. V. place i. e. passage; cf. Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word).