- Transliteration: Periousios

- Phonetic: per-ee-oo'-see-os

- Definition:

1. that which is one's own, belonging to one's possessions

a. a people selected by God from the other nations for his own possession

- Origin: from the present participle feminine of a compound of G4012" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4012 and G1510" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1510

- TDNT entry: 06:57,8

- Part(s) of speech: Adjective

- Strong's: From the present participle feminine of a compound of G4012" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4012 and G1510" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1510; being beyond usual that is special (one´ s own): - peculiar.