Strong's G4042 · Greek

περιοχή

perioche · per-ee-okh-ay'

from 4023; a being held around, i.e. (concretely) a passage (of Scripture, as circumscribed)

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

 1 περι-οχή , -ῆς, ἡ ( περιέχω ), [in LXX for מְצוּדָה , מָצוֹר , etc.;] compass , circumference . a portion circumscribed , a section : Ac 8:32 .† 

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain