- Transliteration: Periistemi

- Phonetic: per-ee-is'-tay-mee

- Definition:

1. to place around one

2. to stand around

a. to turn one's self about for the purpose of avoiding something

b. to avoid, shun

- Origin: from G4012" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4012 and G2476" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2476

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: From G4012" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4012 and G2476" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2476; to stand all around that is (near) to be a bystander or (aloof) to keep away from: - avoid shun stand by (round about).