περί | Bill Mounce

Vocabulary Form

περί

Definition

gen: concerning, about;
acc: around

Erasmian

Modern

Frequency

333

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 10:25	Jesus answered them, “I did tell you, yet you do not believe. The works that I am doing in my Father’s name speak on my behalf (peri \| περί \| prep-gen).
John 10:33	The Jews answered him, “It is not for (peri \| περί \| prep-gen) a noble work that we intend to stone you but for (peri \| περί \| prep-gen) blasphemy; it is because you, a mere man, are making yourself God.”
John 10:41	Many people came to him and were saying, “John performed no miraculous sign, but everything he said about (peri \| περί \| prep-gen) this man was true!”
John 11:13	Jesus, however, had been speaking of (peri \| περί \| prep-gen) his death, but they thought that he was speaking about (peri \| περί \| prep-gen) sleep in the sense of slumber.
John 11:19	and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them in regard (peri \| περί \| prep-gen) to their brother.
John 12:6	He said this, not because he was concerned about (peri \| περί \| prep-gen) the poor, but because he was a thief, and as keeper of the money box, he used to help himself to what was put into it.
John 12:41	Isaiah said these things because he saw Christ’s glory and spoke of (peri \| περί \| prep-gen) him.
John 13:18	I am not speaking about (peri \| περί \| prep-gen) all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture must be fulfilled, ‘The one who eats my bread has lifted up his heel against me.’
John 13:22	The disciples began to look at one another, at a loss to know about (peri \| περί \| prep-gen) whom he was speaking.
John 13:24	So Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus who it was of (peri \| περί \| prep-gen) whom he had spoken.
John 15:22	If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for (peri \| περί \| prep-gen) their sin.
John 15:26	“But when the Paraclete comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who comes forth from the Father, he will bear witness about (peri \| περί \| prep-gen) me.
John 16:8	And he, when he comes, will convict the world in (peri \| περί \| prep-gen) regard to sin and righteousness and judgment:
John 16:9	in regard (peri \| περί \| prep-gen) to sin, because they do not believe in me;
John 16:10	in (peri \| περί \| prep-gen) regard to righteousness, because I am going away to the Father, and you will see me no longer;
John 16:11	in (peri \| περί \| prep-gen) regard to judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.
John 16:19	Jesus knew that they wanted to question him, so he said to them, “Are you deliberating with one another about (peri \| περί \| prep-gen) this — that I said, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me’?
John 16:25	“I have told you these things using veiled language. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in veiled language but will tell you plainly about (peri \| περί \| prep-gen) the Father.
John 16:26	In that day you will ask in my name. I am not saying to you that I will intercede with the Father on your behalf (peri \| περί \| prep-gen);
John 17:9	I am praying for (peri \| περί \| prep-gen) them; I am not praying for (peri \| περί \| prep-gen) the world, but for (peri \| περί \| prep-gen) those whom you have given to me, for they are yours;
John 17:20	“It is not only for (peri \| περί \| prep-gen) these that I am interceding, but also for (peri \| περί \| prep-gen) those who will come to believe in me through their word,
John 18:19	Meanwhile the high priest questioned Jesus about (peri \| περί \| prep-gen) his disciples and about (peri \| περί \| prep-gen) his teaching.
John 18:23	Jesus replied, “If I spoke incorrectly, testify about (peri \| περί \| prep-gen) the error; but if I spoke correctly, why do you hit me?”
John 18:34	Jesus responded, “Are you saying this of your own accord, or did others tell you about (peri \| περί \| prep-gen) me?”
John 19:24	So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for (peri \| περί \| prep-gen) it to see who will get it” — that the Scripture might be fulfilled that says, “They divided my garments among themselves, and for my clothing they cast lots.” So the soldiers did these things.