περί
peri
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Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
SupportedThe Greek word περί (peri) is a versatile preposition with a broad range of usage in the Bible. Its primary meaning is "about," indicating a relation or connection to something. This can encompass various relationships, from physical proximity to abstract concepts. Throughout the 336 occurrences of περί in the Bible, it is used in a range of contexts, including geographical descriptions, temporal connections, and relational explanations. For example, it is used to describe locations "around" a city or to signify a situation "concerning" a particular issue. This word's adaptability and frequency in the text demonstrate its significance in conveying complex ideas and relationships. The significance of περί lies in its ability to provide clarity and precision in conveying nuances of meaning. By indicating the relationship between entities or concepts, it serves as a structural element of the text, contributing to the overall sense of coherence and accuracy in the narrative or teachings.
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Occurrences in Scripture
336 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, “Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him.”
Matthew 3:4Now John himself wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
Matthew 4:6and 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, ‘On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don’t dash your foot against a stone.’ ”
Matthew 6:28Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin,
Matthew 8:18Now when Jesus saw great multitudes around him, he gave the order to depart to the other side.
Matthew 9:36But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.
Matthew 11:7As these went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
Matthew 11:10For this is he, of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’
Matthew 12:36I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
Matthew 15:7You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
Matthew 16:11How is it that you don’t perceive that I didn’t speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Matthew 17:13Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer.
Matthew 18:6but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a huge millstone were hung around his neck, and that he were sunk in the depths of the sea.
Matthew 18:19Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 19:17He said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
Matthew 20:3He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.
Matthew 20:5Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.
Matthew 20:6About the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’
Matthew 20:9“When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.
Matthew 20:24When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.
Matthew 21:45When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.
Matthew 22:16They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter whom you teach, for you aren’t partial to anyone.
Matthew 22:31But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven’t you read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,
Matthew 22:42saying, “What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “Of David.”
Matthew 24:36But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Matthew 26:24The Son of Man goes, even as it is written of him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born.”
Matthew 26:28for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.
Matthew 27:46About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lima sabachthani?” That is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
Mark 1:6John was clothed with camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.
Mark 1:30Now Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him about her.
Mark 1:44and said to him, “See you say nothing to anybody, but go show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.”
Mark 3:8from Jerusalem, from Idumaea, beyond the Jordan, and those from around Tyre and Sidon. A great multitude, hearing what great things he did, came to him.
Mark 3:32A multitude was sitting around him, and they told him, “Behold, your mother, your brothers, and your sisters are outside looking for you.”
Mark 3:34Looking around at those who sat around him, he said, “Behold, my mother and my brothers!
Mark 4:10When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
Mark 4:19and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
Mark 5:16Those who saw it declared to them what happened to him who was possessed by demons, and about the pigs.
Mark 5:27having heard the things concerning Jesus, came up behind him in the crowd, and touched his clothes.
Mark 6:48Seeing them distressed in rowing, for the wind was contrary to them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea, and he would have passed by them,
Mark 7:6He answered them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
Mark 7:17When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.
Mark 7:25For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.
Mark 8:30He commanded them that they should tell no one about him.
Mark 9:14Coming to the disciples, he saw a great multitude around them, and scribes questioning them.
Mark 9:42Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he were thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck.
Mark 10:10In the house, his disciples asked him again about the same matter.
Mark 10:41When the ten heard it, they began to be indignant toward James and John.
Mark 12:14When they had come, they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don’t defer to anyone; for you aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?
Mark 12:26But about the dead, that they are raised; haven’t you read in the book of Moses, about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
Mark 14:21For the Son of Man goes, even as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born.”