Vocabulary Form
περί
Definition

gen: concerning, about;
acc: around

Erasmian
Modern
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

Song
Notes

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

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.