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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
περί
Greek transliteration: 
peri
Simplified transliteration: 
peri
Numbers
Strong's number: 
4012
GK Number: 
4309
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
333
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
prep
Gloss: 
(gen.) about, concerning, in regard to; (acc.) around, about, nearby
Definition: 
pr. of place, (1) gen., about, around; about, concerning, respecting, Mt. 2:8; 11:10; 22:31; Jn. 8:18; Rom. 8:3, et al. freq.; (2) acc., of place, about, around, round about, Mt. 3:4; Mk. 3:34; Lk. 13:8; οἱ περι τινα, the companions of a person, Lk. 22:49; a person and his companions, Acts 13:13; simply a person, Jn. 11:19; τὰ περι τινα, the condition, circumstances of any one, Phil. 2:23; of time, about, Mt. 20:3, 5, 6, 9; about, concerning, respecting, touching, Lk. 10:40; 1 Tim. 1:19; 6:21; Tit. 2:7

Greek-English Concordance for περί

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.
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.

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