What is the Strong's number for Peri?

The Strong's number for Peri (περί) is G4012. It is a Greek word from Strong's public-domain dictionary keyed to the King James Bible.

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Peri (Strong’s G4012): Meaning in the Bible

Q: What does Peri mean?

Peri (περί, Strong's G4012) is a Greek word. Strong's defines it as properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period). The King James Bible translates it as (there-)about, above, against, at, on behalf of, X and his company, which concern, (as) concerning, for, X how it will go with, ((there-, where-)) of, on, over, pertaining (to), for sake, X (e-)state, (as) touching, (where-)by (in), with.

Peri (περί) is the Greek word numbered G4012 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period). In the King James Bible it is translated (there-)about, above, against, at, on behalf of.

περί

perí · Greek

Strong’s G4012 · per-ee'

Original wordπερί
Transliterationperí
Pronunciationper-ee'
Strong’s numberG4012
LanguageGreek

The full Strong’s definition

properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period)

Derivation. from the base of G4008;

How the King James Bible translates it

(there-)about, above, against, at, on behalf of, X and his company, which concern, (as) concerning, for, X how it will go with, ((there-, where-)) of, on, over, pertaining (to), for sake, X (e-)state, (as) touching, (where-)by (in), with.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Peri in the original Greek lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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