Definition
gen: concerning, about;
acc: around
Vocabulary Form
περί
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
| Hebrews 10:8 | After he said what I just quoted, “You did not take pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings (peri | περί | prep-gen) (namely those offered according to the law), |
| Hebrews 10:18 | Now where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for (peri | περί | prep-gen) sin. |
| Hebrews 10:26 | For if we deliberately persist in sin after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice for (peri | περί | prep-gen) sins, |
| Hebrews 11:7 | By faith Noah, having been warned by God concerning (peri | περί | prep-gen) events as yet unseen, took heed and built an ark for the safety of his household. By this act of faith he condemned humanity and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. |
| Hebrews 11:20 | By faith Isaac invoked blessings on Jacob and Esau, even regarding (peri | περί | prep-gen) things to come. |
| Hebrews 11:22 | By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, spoke about (peri | περί | prep-gen) the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions regarding (peri | περί | prep-gen) the burial of his bones. |
| Hebrews 11:32 | And what more shall I say? For time would fail me if I told about (peri | περί | prep-gen) Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, about both David and Samuel and the prophets, |
| Hebrews 11:40 | for God had provided something better with (peri | περί | prep-gen) us in (peri | περί | prep-gen) mind (peri | περί | prep-gen), so that they should not reach their goal apart from us. |
| Hebrews 13:11 | For while the blood of those animals whose blood is brought into the Most Holy Place by the high priest as a sacrifice for (peri | περί | prep-gen) sin, their bodies are burned outside the camp. |
| Hebrews 13:18 | Continue to pray for (peri | περί | prep-gen) us, for we are convinced that we have a clear conscience, desiring to conduct ourselves honorably in every way. |
| 1 Peter 1:10 | Concerning (peri | περί | prep-gen) this salvation, the prophets who prophesied of (peri | περί | prep-gen) the grace that would come to you investigated diligently and examined with care, |
| 1 Peter 3:15 | but in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord, being ready at all times to make a defense to all who ask you for a word concerning (peri | περί | prep-gen) the hope that is in you. |
| 1 Peter 3:18 | Because Christ also suffered once for (peri | περί | prep-gen) our sins, the righteous on behalf of the unrighteous, that he might lead you to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, |
| 1 Peter 5:7 | casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares about (peri | περί | prep-gen) you. |
| 2 Peter 1:12 | Therefore I intend to keep on reminding you of (peri | περί | prep-gen) these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth that you now have. |
| 2 Peter 3:16 | as he does in all his letters, speaking in them of (peri | περί | prep-gen) these matters, in which are some things hard to understand, things that the ignorant and unstable distort to their own destruction, as they do the other scriptures. |
| 1 John 1:1 | That which has existed from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and our hands have touched, concerning (peri | περί | prep-gen) the word of life — |
| 1 John 2:2 | He is the propitiation for (peri | περί | prep-gen) our sins, and not for (peri | περί | prep-gen) ours only, but also for (peri | περί | prep-gen) those of the entire world. |
| 1 John 2:26 | I have written these things to you concerning (peri | περί | prep-gen) those who are trying to deceive you. |
| 1 John 2:27 | But the anointing you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about (peri | περί | prep-gen) all things, and is true and not a lie, just as it has taught you, abide in him. |
| 1 John 4:10 | In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son as a propitiation for (peri | περί | prep-gen) our sins. |
| 1 John 5:9 | If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning (peri | περί | prep-gen) his Son. |
| 1 John 5:10 | The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning (peri | περί | prep-gen) his Son. |
| 1 John 5:16 | If someone sees his brother committing a sin that does not lead to death, he should ask and God will give him life — to those whose sins do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not say that he should pray about (peri | περί | prep-gen) that. |
| 3 John 1:2 | Dear friend, I pray that in (peri | περί | prep-gen) every way you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul is prospering. |