Contain

signifies (a), lit., "to give space, make room" (chora, "a place"); hence, transitively, "to have space or room for a thing, to contain," said of the waterpots as "containing" a certain quantity, John 2:6; of a space large enough to hold a number of people, Mark 2:2; of the world as not possible of "containing" certain books, John 21:25; (b) "to go," Matthew 15:17; "to have place," John 8:37; "to come," 2—Peter 3:9; (c) metaphorically, "of receiving with the mind," Matthew 19:11,12; or "into the heart," 2—Corinthians 7:2 . See COME (No. 24), GO, PLACE, RECEIVE, ROOM.

lit., "to have round" (peri, "around," echo, "to have"), means "to encompass, enclose, contain," as a writing contains details, 1—Peter 2:6 . Some mss. have it in Acts 23:25 , lit., "having this form" (the most authentic have echo, "to have"). For the secondary meaning, "amazed" (AV, "astonished"), Luke 5:9 (lit., "amazement encompassed," i.e., seized, him).