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GreekG4008Preposition

πέραν

peran

23Occurrences
G4008Strong's #
PrepositionPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

through (as adverb or preposition), i.e. across

apparently accusative case of an obsolete derivative of (to "pierce");

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
adv., on the other side, across (usually with the idea of water lying between); (a) as in the older poets, as prep. with genitive: θαλάσσης; Ἰορδάνου, (LXX) ; χειμάρρου Κέδρων; (b) τὸ π., the region beyond, the other side: θαλάσσης; λίμνης.
LXX: for עֵבֶר and cognate forms

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Preposition

Morphology Code

G:PREP

Full Description

Greek Preposition

Occurrences

πέραν appears 23 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

John
8
Matthew
7
Mark
7
Luke
1

Key Passages

John 1:28BSB

All this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

John 6:1BSB

After this, Jesus crossed to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias).

Luke 8:22BSB

One day Jesus said to His disciples, “Let us cross to the other side of the lake.” So He got into a boat with them and set out.

Matthew 4:15BSB

“Land of Zebulunand land of Naphtali,the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan,Galilee of the Gentiles—

Mark 10:1BSB

Then Jesus left that place and went into the region of Judea, beyond the Jordan. Again the crowds came to Him and He taught them, as was His custom.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.