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

2 Thessalonians 1:3 We ought always to thank God for (peri | περί | prep-gen) you, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of each one of you for one another is increasing,
2 Thessalonians 1:11 With this in view we pray for (peri | περί | prep-gen) you constantly, that our God will count you worthy of his calling, and by his power bring to fulfillment every good resolve and work of faith,
2 Thessalonians 2:13 But we ought always to thank God for (peri | περί | prep-gen) you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you as first fruits for salvation, by sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth.
2 Thessalonians 3:1 Finally, brothers, pray for (peri | περί | prep-gen) us, that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, as in fact it was among you.
1 Timothy 1:7 wishing to be teachers of the law even though they do not understand either what they are saying or concerning (peri | περί | prep-gen) what things they are so dogmatically asserting.
1 Timothy 1:19 holding on to faith and a good conscience. By rejecting their faith and good conscience, some have shipwrecked the faith,
1 Timothy 6:4 he is puffed up with conceit, understanding nothing, but has a sickly craving for (peri | περί | prep-acc) speculations and fights about words out of which come envy, strife, slanders, evil suspicions,
1 Timothy 6:21 for by professing it, some have swerved from (peri | περί | prep-acc) the faith. Grace be with you.
2 Timothy 1:3 I continually thank God, whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clean conscience, as unceasingly I remember you in my prayers night and day,
2 Timothy 2:18 who have swerved from (peri | περί | prep-acc) the truth, saying the resurrection has already occurred, and they are upsetting the faith of some.
2 Timothy 3:8 But just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men are opposing the truth, men who have been corrupted in the mind, worthless concerning (peri | περί | prep-acc) the faith.
Titus 2:7 in (peri | περί | prep-acc) all things, showing yourself to be an example of good works, pure and dignified in your teaching,
Titus 2:8 beyond reproach in your healthy instruction, so that the opponent may be put to shame because he has nothing evil to say against (peri | περί | prep-gen) us.
Titus 3:8 Trustworthy is the saying, and I want you to insist emphatically on (peri | περί | prep-gen) these things so that those who have believed in God might be intent on devoting themselves to good works. These are good and profitable for people.
Philemon 1:10 I appeal to you for (peri | περί | prep-gen) my child, Onesimus, whose father I became while in prison.
Hebrews 2:5 Now it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, about (peri | περί | prep-gen) which we are speaking.
Hebrews 4:4 For somewhere he has spoken of (peri | περί | prep-gen) the seventh day in this manner: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.”
Hebrews 4:8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken of (peri | περί | prep-gen) another time after that.
Hebrews 5:3 That is why he is obligated to offer sacrifice for (peri | περί | prep-gen) his own sins, just as he does for (peri | περί | prep-gen) the sins of the people.
Hebrews 5:11 On (peri | περί | prep-gen) this subject we have much to say and it is hard to explain, since you have become sluggish in understanding.
Hebrews 6:9 But we are convinced of better things in (peri | περί | prep-gen) your case (peri | περί | prep-gen), beloved — things that accompany salvation — even though we speak as we do.
Hebrews 7:14 For it is perfectly clear that our Lord is descended from Judah, and in regard to that tribe Moses said nothing about (peri | περί | prep-gen) priests.
Hebrews 9:5 Above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the place of forgiveness. Of (peri | περί | prep-gen) these things we cannot now speak in detail.
Hebrews 10:6 You did not take pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings (peri | περί | prep-gen).
Hebrews 10:7 Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come — in the scroll of a book it is written about (peri | περί | prep-gen) me — to do your will, O God.’”