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Lexicon :: Strong's G4012 - peri

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περί
Transliteration
peri (Key)
Pronunciation
per-ee'
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Part of Speech
preposition
Root Word (Etymology)
From the base of πέραν (G4008)
mGNT
333x in 2 unique form(s)
TR
331x in 4 unique form(s)
LXX
511x in 2 unique form(s)
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TDNT Reference: 6:53,827

Strong’s Definitions

περί perí, per-ee'; from the base of G4008; properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period):—(there-)about, above, against, at, on behalf of, × and his company, which concern, (as) concerning, for, × how it will go with, ((there-, where-)) of, on, over, pertaining (to), for sake, × (e-)state, (as) touching, (where-)by (in), with. In comparative, it retains substantially the same meaning of circuit (around), excess (beyond), or completeness (through).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 331x

The KJV translates Strong's G4012 in the following manner: of (148x), for (61x), concerning (40x), about (31x), as touching (8x), touching (3x), whereof (with G3739) (3x), not translated (4x), miscellaneous (33x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 331x
The KJV translates Strong's G4012 in the following manner: of (148x), for (61x), concerning (40x), about (31x), as touching (8x), touching (3x), whereof (with G3739) (3x), not translated (4x), miscellaneous (33x).
  1. about, concerning, on account of, because of, around, near

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
περί perí, per-ee'; from the base of G4008; properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period):—(there-)about, above, against, at, on behalf of, × and his company, which concern, (as) concerning, for, × how it will go with, ((there-, where-)) of, on, over, pertaining (to), for sake, × (e-)state, (as) touching, (where-)by (in), with. In comparative, it retains substantially the same meaning of circuit (around), excess (beyond), or completeness (through).
STRONGS G4012:
περί (akin to πέρα, πέραν; (Curtius, § 359)), preposition, joined in the N. T. with the genitive and the accusative (in classical Greek also with the dative), and indicating that the person or thing relative to which an act or state is predicated is as it were encompassed by this act or state; Latin circum, circa; around, about.
I. with the GENITIVE it denotes that around which an act or state revolves; about, concerning, as touching, etc. (Latin de, quod attinet ad, causa with a genitive propter) (cf. Winers Grammar, 372f (349)).
a. about, concerning, (Latin de; in later Latin also circa): after verbs of speaking, teaching, writing, etc., see under ἀναγγέλλω, ἀπαγμαι, διαγνωρίζω, διαλέγομαι, διδάσκω, διηγοῦμαι (Hebrews 11:32), διήγησις, εἶπον and προεῖπον, ἐπερωτάω and ἐρωτάω, κατηχέω, λαλέω, λέγω, λόγον αἰτέω, λόγον ἀποδίδωμι, λόγον δίδωμι, μαρτυρέω, μνεία, μνημονεύω, προκαταγγέλλω, προφητεύω, ὑπομιμνῄσκω, χρηματίζομαι, ἦχος, φήμη, etc.; after verbs of hearing, knowing, ascertaining, inquiring, see under ἀκούω, γινώσκω, ἐπίσταμαι, εἶδον, ἐξετάζω, ζητέω, ἐκζητέω, ἐπιζητέω, ζήτημα, πυνθάνομαι, etc.; after verbs of thinking, deciding, supposing, doubting, etc.; see under διαλογίζομαι, ἐνθυμέομαι, πέπεισμαι, πιστεύω, διαπορέω, ἐλέγχω, etc.
b. as respects (A. V. often (as) touching);
α. with verbs, to indicate that what is expressed by the verb (or verbal noun) holds so far forth as some person or thing is concerned; with regard to, in reference to: Acts 28:21; Hebrews 11:20; περί σου μνεία, 2 Timothy 1:3; ἐξουσίαν ἔχειν, 1 Corinthians 7:37; ἐπιταγήν ἔχειν, ibid. 25; see ἐντέλλομαι, ἐντολή, παρακαλέω, παραμυθέομαι, πρόφασις, ἔκδικος, λαγχάνω to cast lots.
β. with the neuter plural (and singular) of the article, τά περί τίνος the things concerning a person or thing, i. e. what relates to, can be said about, etc.: τά περί τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ Θεοῦ, Acts 1:3; Acts 8:12 (Rec.); Acts 19:8 (here L Tr WH omit τά); τά περί τῆς ὁδοῦ, Acts 24:22; with the genitive of a person one's affairs, his condition or state: Acts 28:15; Ephesians 6:22; Philippians 1:27; Philippians 2:19ff; Colossians 4:8; in a forensic sense, one's cause or case, Acts 24:10; τά περί Ἰησοῦ (or τοῦ κυρίου) (the (rumors) about Jesus (as a worker of miracles), Mark 5:27 T Tr marginal reading brackets WH); the things (necessary to be known and believed) concerning Jesus, Acts 18:25; Acts 23:11; Acts 28:23 Rec., 31; the things that befell Jesus, his death, Luke 24:19; the things in the O. T. relative to him, the prophecies concerning him, Luke 24:27; the career, death, appointed him by God, Luke 22:37 (here T Tr WH τό etc.).
γ. περί τίνος, absolutely, at the beginning of sentences, concerning, as to: 1 Corinthians 7:1; 1 Corinthians 8:1; 1 Corinthians 16:1, 12; but in other places it is more properly taken with the following verb, Matthew 22:31; Matthew 24:36; Mark 12:26; 1 Corinthians 7:25; 1 Corinthians 8:1, 4; 1 Corinthians 12:1; 1 Thessalonians 4:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:1; cf. Winers Grammar, 373 (350).
c. on account of;
α. of the subject matter, which at the same time occasions the action expressed by the verb: so after verbs of accusing, see ἐγκαλέω, κατηγορέω, κρίνω τινα περί τίνος, etc.; after verbs expressing emotion, see θαυμάζω, ἀγανακτέω, καυχάομαι, σπλαγχνίζομαι, εὐχαριστέω, εὐχαριστία, αἰνέω, μέλειμοι μεριμνάω; also after εὔχομαι, 3 John 1:2, see πᾶς II. 2 b. θ'.
β. of the cause for (on account of) which a tiring is done, or of that which gave occasion for the action or occurrence: Mark 1:44; Luke 5:14; John 10:33 (περί τῆς βλασφημίας λάβετε αὐτόν, Ev. Nic c. 4, p. 546, Thilo edition (p. 221, Tdf. edition)); Acts 15:2; Acts 19:23; Acts 25:15, 18, 24; Colossians 2:1 (R G).
γ. on account of i. e. for, for the benefit or advantage of: Matthew 26:28; Mark 14:24 R G; Luke 4:38; John 16:26; John 17:9, 20; Hebrews 5:3; Hebrews 11:40; περί and ὑπέρ alternate in Ephesians 6:18f (cf. Winers Grammar, 383 (358) n. also § 50, 3; Buttmann, § 147, 21, 22; Wieseler, Meyer, Lightfoot, Ellicott on Galatians 1:4).
δ. περί is used of the design or purpose for removing something or taking it away: περί ἁμαρτίας, to destroy sin, Romans 8:3 [al. find here the same idiom as in Hebrews 10:6 below (cf. R. B. txt.)]; διδόναι ἑαυτόν περί τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν, to expiate, atone for, sins, Galatians 1:4 (where R WH text ὑπέρ (see as in γ above, and cf. ὑπέρ, I. 6)); also to offer sacrifices, and simply sacrifices, περί ἁμαρτιῶν. Hebrews 5:3 (R G ὑπέρ; see as above); Hebrews 10:18,26; περί ἁμαρτιῶν ἔπαθε (ἀπέθανεν), 1 Peter 3:18; περί ἁμαρτίας namely, θυσίαι, sacrifices for sin, expiatory sacrifices, Hebrews 10:6 (from Psalm 39:7 (Ps. 40:7); cf. Numbers 8:8; see ἁμαρτία, 3; τά περί τῆς ἁμαρτίας Leviticus 6:25; τό περί τῆς ἁμαρτίας, Leviticus 14:19); ἱλασμός περί τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν, 1 John 2:2; 1 John 4:10.
II. with the ACCUSATIVE (Winers Grammar, 406 (379));
a. of place; about, around: as, about parts of the body, Matthew 3:4; (Matthew 18:6 L T Tr WH); Mark 1:6; Mark 9:42; Luke 17:2; Revelation 15:6. about places: Luke 13:8; Acts 22:6; Jude 1:7; τά περί τόν τόπον ἐκεῖνον, the neighborhood of that place, Acts 28:7; οἱ περί with an accusative of place, those dwelling about a place or in its vicinity, Mark 3:8 (T Tr WH omit; L brackets οἱ). οἱ περί τινα, those about one, i. e. with him, his companions, associates, friends, etc., Mark 4:10; Luke 22:49; (add, Mark 16 WH (rejected) Shorter Conclusion); according to Greek idiom οἱ περί τόν Παῦλον, Paul and his companions (German die Paulusgesellschaft) (cf. Winers Grammar, 406 (379); Buttmann, § 125, 8), Acts 13:13; according to a later Greek usage αἱ περί Μάρθαν denotes Martha herself, John 11:19 (although others (e. g. Meyer, Weiss, Keil, Godet, others) understand by it Martha and her attendants or domestics; but L Tr WH read πρός τήν (for τάς περί) Μάρθαν); cf. Matthiae, § 583, 2; Bernhardy (1829), p. 263; Kühncr ii., p. 230f; (Winers Grammar, and Buttmann, as above). in phrases the underlying notion of which is that of revolving about sometiring: of persons engaged in any occupation, οἱ περί τά τοιαῦτα ἐργάται (A. V. the workmen of like occupation), Acts 19:25; περισπᾶσθαι, πυρβάζεσθαι περί τί, Luke 10:40, 41 (but here L T Tr WIt text θορυβάζῃ which see (and WH marginal reading omits περί πολλά)) (περί τήν γεωργίαν γίνεσθαι, 2 Macc. 12:1).
b. as to, in reference to, concerning: so after ἀδόκιμος, 2 Timothy 3:8; ἀστόχειν, 1 Timothy 6:21; 2 Timothy 2:18; ναυάγειν, 1 Timothy 1:19; νόσειν, 1 Timothy 6:4; περί πάντα ἑαυτόν παρέχεσθαι τύπον, Titus 2:7; τά περί ἐμέ, the state of my affairs, Philippians 2:23; αἱ περί τά λοιπά ἐπιθυμίαι Mark 4:19 (αἱ περί τό σῶμα ἐπιθυμίαι, Aristotle, rhet. 2, 12, 3; τά περί ψυχήν καί σῶμα ἀγαθά, eth. Nic. 1, 8); cf. Winers Grammar, § 30, 3 N. 5; (Buttmann, § 125, 9).
c. of Time; in a somewhat indefinite specification of time, about, near: περί τρίτην ὥραν, Matthew 20:3; add, Matthew 20:5f,9; Matthew 27:46; Mark 6:48; Acts 10:(Acts 10:3 L T Tr WH),Acts 10:9; Acts 22:6.
III. in COMPOSITION περί in the N. T. signifies:
1. in a circuit, round about, all around, as περιάγω, περιβάλλω, περιαστράπτω, περίκειμαι, περιοικέω, etc., etc.
2. beyond (because that which surrounds a thing does not belong to the thing itself but is beyond it): περίεργος, περιεργάζομαι, περιλείπω, περιμένω, περιούσιος, περισσός, περισσεύω.
3. through ((?) — intensive, rather (cf. περιάπτω, 2)): περιπείρω.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Leviticus
6:25; 14:19
Numbers
8:8
Psalms
39:7; 40:7
Matthew
3:4; 18:6; 20:3; 20:5; 20:9; 22:31; 24:36; 26:28; 27:46
Mark
1:6; 1:44; 3:8; 4:10; 4:19; 5:27; 6:48; 9:42; 12:26; 14:24; 16
Luke
4:38; 5:14; 10:40; 10:41; 13:8; 17:2; 22:37; 22:49; 24:19; 24:27
John
10:33; 11:19; 16:26; 17:9; 17:20
Acts
1:3; 8:12; 10; 10:3; 10:9; 13:13; 15:2; 18:25; 19:8; 19:23; 19:25; 22:6; 22:6; 23:11; 24:10; 24:22; 25:15; 25:18; 25:24; 28:7; 28:15; 28:21; 28:23
Romans
8:3
1 Corinthians
7:1; 7:25; 7:37; 8:1; 8:1; 8:4; 12:1; 16:1; 16:12
Galatians
1:4; 1:4
Ephesians
6:18; 6:22
Philippians
1:27; 2:19; 2:23
Colossians
2:1; 4:8
1 Thessalonians
4:9; 5:1
1 Timothy
1:19; 6:4; 6:21
2 Timothy
1:3; 2:18; 3:8
Titus
2:7
Hebrews
5:3; 5:3; 10:6; 10:6; 10:18; 10:26; 11:20; 11:32; 11:40
1 Peter
3:18
1 John
2:2; 4:10
3 John
1:2
Jude
1:7
Revelation
15:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4012 matches the Greek περί (peri),
which occurs 333 times in 305 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 1 / 7 (Mat 2:8–Mar 14:21)

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:8 - He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well."
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:4 - Now John wore clothing made from camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his diet consisted of locusts and wild honey.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:6 - and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written, 'He will command his angels concerning you' and 'with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'"
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:28 - Why do you worry about clothing? Think about how the flowers of the field grow; they do not work or spin.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:18 - Now when Jesus saw a large crowd around him, he gave orders to go to the other side of the lake.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:36 - When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were bewildered and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:7 - While they were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:10 - This is the one about whom it is written: 'Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.'
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:36 - I tell you that on the day of judgment, people will give an account for every worthless word they speak.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:7 - Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:11 - How could you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:13 - Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them about John the Baptist.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:6 - "But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the open sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:19 - Again, I tell you the truth, if two of you on earth agree about whatever you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:17 - He said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:3 - When it was about nine o'clock in the morning, he went out again and saw others standing around in the marketplace without work.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:5 - So they went. When he went out again about noon and three o'clock that afternoon, he did the same thing.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:6 - And about five o'clock that afternoon he went out and found others standing around, and said to them, 'Why are you standing here all day without work?'
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:9 - When those hired about five o'clock came, each received a full day's pay.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:24 - Now when the other ten heard this, they were angry with the two brothers.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:45 - When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:16 - They sent to him their disciples along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful, and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You do not court anyone's favor because you show no partiality.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:31 - Now as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:42 - "What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said, "The son of David."
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:36 - "But as for that day and hour no one knows it - not even the angels in heaven - except the Father alone.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:24 - The Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born."
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:28 - for this is my blood, the blood of the covenant, that is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:46 - At about three o'clock Jesus shouted with a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" that is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:6 - John wore a garment made of camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:30 - Simon's mother-in-law was lying down, sick with a fever, so they spoke to Jesus at once about her.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:44 - He told him, "See that you do not say anything to anyone, but go, show yourself to a priest, and bring the offering that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them."
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:8 - Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan River, and around Tyre and Sidon a great multitude came to him when they heard about the things he had done.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:32 - A crowd was sitting around him and they said to him, "Look, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you."
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:34 - And looking at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:10 - When he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:19 - but worldly cares, the seductiveness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it produces nothing.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:16 - Those who had seen what had happened to the demon-possessed man reported it, and they also told about the pigs.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:27 - When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak,
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:48 - He saw them straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. As the night was ending, he came to them walking on the sea, for he wanted to pass by them.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:6 - He said to them, "Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:25 - Instead, a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him and came and fell at his feet.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:30 - Then he warned them not to tell anyone about him.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:14 - When they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and experts in the law arguing with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:42 - "If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone tied around his neck and to be thrown into the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:10 - In the house once again, the disciples asked him about this.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:41 - Now when the other ten heard this, they became angry with James and John.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:14 - When they came they said to him, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and do not court anyone's favor, because you show no partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or shouldn't we?"
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:26 - Now as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:32 - "But as for that day or hour no one knows it - neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son - except the Father.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:21 - For the Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born."

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