Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

περί

Vocabulary form: 
περί
Definition: 

gen: concerning
acc: around

Frequency: 
333
GK: 
4309
Cognates: 

The perimeter (perivmetroV) is the boundary around an object or area.

Mnemonics: 

Gen, I need to speak to you about Perry.

He's been accusing people all around town.

Mnemonic Singing: 

For the love which from our birth,
over and around us lies

Notes: 

The final iota elides only when the following word begins with an iota.

Mnemonics

peri as in 'these parameters are concerning'

Biblical Concordance

Matthew 2:8 Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for (peri | περί | prep-gen) the child; and when you have found him, report back to me, so that I also may go and worship him.”
Matthew 3:4 Now John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt about (peri | περί | prep-acc) his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
Matthew 4:6 and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it stands written: ‘He will command his angels concerning (peri | περί | prep-gen) you,’ and, ‘on their hands they will hold you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”
Matthew 6:28 And why are you anxious about (peri | περί | prep-gen) clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they do not toil nor do they spin;
Matthew 8:18 Now when Jesus saw a crowd around (peri | περί | prep-acc) him, he gave orders to go to the other side of the lake.
Matthew 9:36 And when he saw the crowds, he had compassion on (peri | περί | prep-gen) them, because they were distressed and dejected, like sheep without a shepherd.
Matthew 11:7 As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about (peri | περί | prep-gen) John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind?
Matthew 11:10 This is the one about (peri | περί | prep-gen) whom it stands written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’
Matthew 12:36 But I say to you that on the day of judgment, people will give an account for every careless word they speak.
Matthew 15:7 You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about (peri | περί | prep-gen) you, when he said:
Matthew 16:11 How is it that you do not understand that I was not speaking about (peri | περί | prep-gen) bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Matthew 17:13 Then the disciples understood that he had spoken to them about (peri | περί | prep-gen) John the Baptist.
Matthew 18:6 But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around (peri | περί | prep-acc) his neck and be drowned far out at sea.
Matthew 18:19 “Again, I tell you the truth, if two of you on earth are in agreement about (peri | περί | prep-gen) anything whatever you may ask, it will be done for you by my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 19:17 And Jesus replied “Why do you ask me about (peri | περί | prep-gen) what is good? There is only one who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”
Matthew 20:3 And going out about (peri | περί | prep-acc) the third hour, he saw others standing in the marketplace with nothing to do.
Matthew 20:5 So they went off. When he went out again about (peri | περί | prep-acc) the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same thing.
Matthew 20:6 And about (peri | περί | prep-acc) the eleventh hour, when he had gone out and found others standing around, he said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day long?’
Matthew 20:9 Those hired about (peri | περί | prep-acc) the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.
Matthew 20:24 When the ten heard this, they were indignant with (peri | περί | prep-gen) the two brothers.
Matthew 21:45 When the ruling priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about (peri | περί | prep-gen) them.
Matthew 22:16 And they sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God in truth, and show deference to (peri | περί | prep-gen) no one, for you are not swayed by appearances.
Matthew 22:31 But concerning (peri | περί | prep-gen) the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God:
Matthew 22:42 “What do you think about (peri | περί | prep-gen) the Messiah? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “David’s.”
Matthew 24:36 “But concerning (peri | περί | prep-gen) that day and hour, no one knows, neither the angels of heaven nor the Son, but the Father only.
Matthew 26:24 The Son of Man will depart as it is written of (peri | περί | prep-gen) him, but woe to that one by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man had he not been born.”
Matthew 26:28 for this is my blood of the covenant that is poured out for (peri | περί | prep-gen) many for the forgiveness of sins.
Matthew 27:46 And about (peri | περί | prep-acc) the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” — which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
Mark 1:6 Now John was clothed with hair camel’s hair with a leather belt around (peri | περί | prep-acc) his waist, his and he fed on locusts and wild honey.
Mark 1:30 Now the Now mother-in-law of Simon lay sick with a fever, and without delay they spoke to Jesus about (peri | περί | prep-gen) her.
Mark 1:44 and said to him, “See that to anyone, nothing you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer for (peri | περί | prep-gen) your cleansing your what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”
Mark 3:8 and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea and beyond the Jordan and around (peri | περί | prep-acc) Tyre and Sidon a large crowd large came to him when they heard about the things he had done. came to him
Mark 3:32 And a crowd was sitting around (peri | περί | prep-acc) him, crowd and they said to him, “Look, your mother your and your brothers your are outside looking for you.”
Mark 3:34 And looking around at those who were sitting around (peri | περί | prep-acc) him in a circle, who were sitting he said, “Here are my mother my and my brothers! my
Mark 4:10 When he was alone, asked about him those around (peri | περί | prep-acc) him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
Mark 4:19 but the cares of the world, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desires for (peri | περί | prep-acc) many other things desires come in and choke the word, and it becomes barren. it becomes
Mark 5:16 And those who had seen it described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed man, and all about (peri | περί | prep-gen) the pigs.
Mark 5:27 When she heard about (peri | περί | prep-gen) Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd behind and touched his cloak, his
Mark 6:48 He saw them straining at the oars, for the wind was against them. About (peri | περί | prep-acc) the fourth watch of the night he came toward them, walking on the lake. He intended to pass by them,
Mark 7:6 And he said to them, “Isaiah prophesied accurately about (peri | περί | prep-gen) you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
Mark 7:25 But immediately after hearing of (peri | περί | prep-gen) him, a woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit came and fell at his feet.
Mark 8:30 And he strictly warned them not to tell anyone about (peri | περί | prep-gen) him.
Mark 9:14 And when they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around (peri | περί | prep-acc) them, and scribes arguing with them.
Mark 9:42 “And whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a large millstone were hung around (peri | περί | prep-acc) his neck and he were thrown into the sea.
Mark 10:10 And in the house, the disciples were again questioning him about (peri | περί | prep-gen) this matter.
Mark 10:41 And hearing this, the ten began to be indignant at (peri | περί | prep-gen) James and John.
Mark 12:14 When they came they said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful and that the opinion (peri | περί | prep-gen) of another is of no concern to you. For you do not regard the position of men, but you truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay tax to Caesar, or not? Should we give, or should we not pay?”
Mark 12:26 But concerning (peri | περί | prep-gen) the dead, that they are raised, have you not read in the book of Moses in the passage about the bush, how God spoke to him saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob’?
Mark 13:32 But of (peri | περί | prep-gen) that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
Mark 14:21 For the Son of Man is going as it is written of (peri | περί | prep-gen) him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed — better for him if that man had not been born.”

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