περί-χωρος, -ον
[in LXX: chiefly (ἡ π.) for כִּכָּר ;]
round about, neighbouring (Dem., Plut., al.). In LXX and NT, as subst., ἡ π. (sc. γῆ), the region round about: Mat.14:35, Mrk.1:28, Luk.4:14, 37 7:17 8:37, Act.14:6; ἡ π. τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, Luk.3:3; by meton. for the people of the same region, Mat.3:5.†
(AS)