περί peri
Greek word for “about” · Strong’s G4012 · used 332 times in 304 verses
Meaning
περί; prep. with genitive, accusative (in cl.
How it is translated
Glosses given for peri in context, with how often each is used:
- concerning 197
- about 54
- for 43
- around 18
- of 9
- over 2
- in 2
- offerings for 2
- about the 1
- regard to 1
- relative to 1
- from 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acts | 72 | 3.9 | |
| John | 67 | 4.3 | |
| Luke | 45 | 2.3 | |
| Matthew | 28 | 1.5 | |
| Hebrews | 23 | 4.6 | |
| Mark | 22 | 2.0 | |
| 1 Corinthians | 10 | 1.5 | |
| 1 John | 10 | 4.7 | |
| 1 Thessalonians | 8 | 5.4 | |
| Romans | 6 | 0.8 | |
| 1 Peter | 5 | 3.0 | |
| Jude | 5 | 10.8 |
Also in 12 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Acts 25 (8), John 16 (7), Acts 24 (7), John 5 (6), John 7 (6), Acts 28 (6), Matthew 20 (5), Luke 2 (5), Luke 7 (5), Luke 24 (5)
Forms
- περὶ 319
- Περὶ 12
- περί 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with peri more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- μαρτυρέω martureō “to testify” 20
- λαλέω laleō “to speak” 27
- γράφω graphō “to write” 21
- ἀκούω akouō “to hear” 25
- λόγος logos “word” 23
- ἀδελφός adelphos “brother” 23
- ἁμαρτία hamartia “sin” 16
- ἐρωτάω erōtaō “to ask” 13
- εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 20
- Ἰωάννης Iōannēs “John” 15
- ἐκεῖνος ekeinos “that” 17
- ἀληθής alēthēs “true” 10
Key verses
The verses using peri that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Luke 24:44 — And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law…
- John 5:39 — Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
- Acts 7:52 — Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now…
- Acts 24:25 — And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season,…
- Romans 1:3 — Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
- Romans 8:3 — For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in…
- Ephesians 6:18 — Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
- Philippians 1:27 — Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye…
- 1 Thessalonians 4:6 — That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:13 — But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through…
- Hebrews 11:7 — By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world,…
- 1 Peter 3:18 — For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the…
See all 304 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.