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

Acts 19:23 About that time there broke out no little disturbance concerning (peri | περί | prep-gen) the Way.
Acts 19:25 He called them together with workmen in (peri | περί | prep-acc) similar trades, and said, “Men, you know that from this trade prosperity comes to us.
Acts 19:40 For indeed we are in danger of being charged in connection (peri | περί | prep-gen) with this day’s riot, there being no cause for (peri | περί | prep-gen) it; and we will not be able to give an explanation for (peri | περί | prep-gen) it.” And having said this, he dismissed the assembly.
Acts 21:21 But they were told about (peri | περί | prep-gen) you that you are teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children and not to walk according to our customs.
Acts 21:24 Take these men and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses that they may shave their heads, and everyone will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about (peri | περί | prep-gen) you, but that you yourself walk keeping the law.
Acts 21:25 But as (peri | περί | prep-gen) for the Gentiles who have believed, we sent a letter with our judgment that they should abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality.”
Acts 22:6 As I journeyed and came near to Damascus, about (peri | περί | prep-acc) noon suddenly out of heaven there flashed a brilliant light all around (peri | περί | prep-acc) me.
Acts 22:10 And I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ And the Lord said to me, ‘Get up and go on into Damascus, and there it will be told you about (peri | περί | prep-gen) all that has been assigned to you to do.’
Acts 22:18 and I saw him saying to me, ‘Make haste and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about (peri | περί | prep-gen) me.’
Acts 23:6 Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “My brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is regarding (peri | περί | prep-gen) my hope of a resurrection for the dead that I am on trial.”
Acts 23:11 The following night the Lord stood by him and said, “Take courage, for as you have testified to the facts about (peri | περί | prep-gen) me in Jerusalem, so must you also testify in Rome.”
Acts 23:15 So now you and the council give notice to the commanding officer to bring him down to you, as though you were going to examine his case more accurately; and we will be ready to kill him before he gets there.”
Acts 23:20 And he said, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down tomorrow to the council, as though the case against (peri | περί | prep-gen) him was going to be examined more closely.
Acts 23:29 I found him accused in (peri | περί | prep-gen) regard to questions of their law, but with no charge deserving death or imprisonment.
Acts 24:8 When you examine him yourself, you will be able to learn from him about (peri | περί | prep-gen) all these things of which we are accusing him.”
Acts 24:10 And Paul responded, when the governor motioned to him to speak: “Knowing that for many years you have been a judge over this nation, gladly do I make my own defense concerning (peri | περί | prep-gen) these things.
Acts 24:13 Neither can they provide proof to you regarding (peri | περί | prep-gen) the things of which they are now accusing me.
Acts 24:21 other than this one utterance that I cried out while standing among them: ‘It is regarding (peri | περί | prep-gen) a resurrection for the dead that I am on trial before you this day.’”
Acts 24:22 But Felix, knowing more exactly the facts concerning (peri | περί | prep-gen) the Way, put them off, saying, “When Lysias the commanding officer comes down, I will decide your case.”
Acts 24:24 After some days Felix arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish. He sent for Paul and heard him speak about (peri | περί | prep-gen) faith in Christ Jesus.
Acts 24:25 And as he reasoned with him about (peri | περί | prep-gen) righteousness and self-control and the judgment to come, Felix became frightened and said, “For the present go away, but when I find time I will send for you.”
Acts 25:9 But Festus, wanting to curry favor with the Jews, responded to Paul, saying, “Do you want to go up to Jerusalem and there be tried on (peri | περί | prep-gen) these charges before me?”
Acts 25:15 When I came to Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about (peri | περί | prep-gen) him, asking for a guilty verdict against him.
Acts 25:16 I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to turn anyone over before the accused has met the accusers face to face and had an opportunity to make his defense against (peri | περί | prep-gen) the charge.
Acts 25:18 When the accusers stood up, they brought no charge of such evils as I was expecting,