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
| John 2:25 | and because he had no need that anyone should give evidence concerning (peri | περί | prep-gen) man, for he himself knew what was in man. |
| John 3:25 | Now an argument about (peri | περί | prep-gen) ritual cleansing arose between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew. |
| John 5:31 | “If I bear witness about (peri | περί | prep-gen) myself, my testimony is not deemed true. |
| John 5:32 | There is another who bears witness about (peri | περί | prep-gen) me, and I know that the witness that he bears about (peri | περί | prep-gen) me is true. |
| John 5:36 | But I have a witness greater than that of John; for the works that the Father has given me to complete, the very works that I am doing, bear witness about (peri | περί | prep-gen) me that the Father has sent me. |
| John 5:37 | And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness about (peri | περί | prep-gen) me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen, |
| John 5:39 | “You study the Scriptures because you think that by them you will have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about (peri | περί | prep-gen) me, |
| John 5:46 | If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about (peri | περί | prep-gen) me. |
| John 6:41 | Then the Jews began to grumble about (peri | περί | prep-gen) him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” |
| John 6:61 | But Jesus, aware that his disciples were grumbling about (peri | περί | prep-gen) it, said to them, “Does this offend you? |
| John 7:7 | The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I am bearing witness against (peri | περί | prep-gen) it that its works are evil. |
| John 7:12 | And there was a lot of secret discussion about (peri | περί | prep-gen) him among the crowds; some were saying, “He is a good man,” but others were saying, “No, to the contrary, he is leading people astray.” |
| John 7:13 | No one, however, was speaking openly about (peri | περί | prep-gen) him for fear of the Jews. |
| John 7:17 | If anyone is willing to do God’s will, he will know about (peri | περί | prep-gen) the teaching, whether it comes from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority. |
| John 7:32 | The Pharisees heard the crowd secretly discussing these things about (peri | περί | prep-gen) Jesus, so the chief priests and Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him. |
| John 7:39 | Now he said this about (peri | περί | prep-gen) the Spirit, which those who believed in him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet present, because Jesus had not yet been glorified. |
| John 8:13 | Therefore the Pharisees said to him, “You are bearing witness about (peri | περί | prep-gen) yourself; your testimony is not valid.” |
| John 8:14 | Jesus answered them, saying, “Even if I am bearing witness about (peri | περί | prep-gen) myself, my testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. You, on the other hand, do not know where I come from or where I am going. |
| John 8:18 | I am one who bears witness about (peri | περί | prep-gen) myself, and the Father who sent me also bears witness about (peri | περί | prep-gen) me.” |
| John 8:26 | I have many things to say about (peri | περί | prep-gen) you by way of judgment; but the one who sent me is truthful, and I say to the world only that which I have heard from him.” |
| John 8:46 | Who among you can prove me guilty of (peri | περί | prep-gen) any sin? If I am speaking the truth, why don’t you believe me? |
| John 9:17 | So they spoke again to the blind man, “What do you say about (peri | περί | prep-gen) him, since it was your eyes that he opened?” The man replied, “He is a prophet.” |
| John 9:18 | The Jews did not believe the report about (peri | περί | prep-gen) him, that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight |
| John 9:21 | but how it is that he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him, he is an adult. He will speak for (peri | περί | prep-gen) himself.” |
| John 10:13 | He does this because he is simply a hired hand and has no real concern for (peri | περί | prep-gen) the sheep. |