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
| Jude 1:3 | Dear friends, although I was eager to write to you about (peri | περί | prep-gen) our common salvation, nevertheless I find it necessary to write and encourage you to carry on the struggle for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. |
| Jude 1:7 | Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring (peri | περί | prep-acc) towns, which indulged in sexual immorality in the same way as the angels and pursued unnatural desire, are exhibited as an example by undergoing the punishment of eternal fire. |
| Jude 1:9 | But when Michael the archangel, in debate with the devil, was arguing about (peri | περί | prep-gen) the body of Moses, he did not presume to condemn him for blasphemy, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” |
| Jude 1:15 | to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of (peri | περί | prep-gen) all their ungodly acts that they have committed in their ungodliness, and of (peri | περί | prep-gen) all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” |
| Revelation 15:6 | and out of the temple came the seven angels who had the seven plagues. They were clothed in linen, clean and bright, wearing golden sashes across (peri | περί | prep-acc) their chests. |