periago describes moving about through places, and once taking a wife along as a companion.

The attested use chiefly concerns moving about among towns, villages, or wider regions, whether for teaching, travel, or while seeking assistance. In 1 Corinthians 9:5, its infinitive occurs with a sister as a wife, showing the taking of a wife along.

1. Moving about through places · dominant

   In Matthew 4:23, Matthew 9:35, and Mark 6:6, the imperfect indicative form occurs in clauses about going through Galilee, cities, villages, and surrounding villages while teaching, preaching, and healing. Matthew 23:15 places the present indicative form with travel over sea and dry land, while Acts 13:11 uses a present participle for a man going about seeking people to lead him by the hand; the APB renders these clauses with expressions such as "went around," "travel around," and "went about."

   Matthew 4:23Matthew 9:35Mark 6:6Matthew 23:15Acts 13:11
2. Taking a wife along · rare

   In 1 Corinthians 9:5, the present active infinitive stands in the question about authority to have "a sister as a wife" with the apostles and Cephas as comparison. The APB renders the clause "to take around a sister as a wife,".

   1 Corinthians 9:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the movement use as "went around," "travel around," or "went about," and presents 1 Corinthians 9:5 as "to take around." These are renderings within whole-verse translations rather than definitions.