Strong's Lexicon

G4009

G4009 — πέρας

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekperasnounOccurrences: 4

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G4009
Word:πέρας
Part of Speech:noun
Etymology:apparently of an obsolete derivative of peiro "to pierce"
Language:Greek
Occurrences:4
Transliteration:peras
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:per'-as
Meaning:1. an extremity
KJV Renderings:end, ut-(ter-)most participle

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

πέρας, πέρατος, τό (πέρα beyond), from Aeschylus down, extremity, bound, end (see τέλος, 1 a. at the beginning);

a. of a portion of space ("boundary, frontier): πέρατα τῆς γῆς (the ends of the earth), equivalent to the remotest lands, Mat 12:42; Luk 11:31 (Homer, Iliad 8, 478 (πεῖραρ); Thucydides 1, 69; Xenophon, Ages. 9, 4; the Sept. for àÆøÆõ àÇôÀñÅé (Winer’s Grammar, 30)); also τῆς οἰκουμένης, Rom 10:18 (Psa 71:8 ()).

b. of a thing extending through a period of time (termination): ἀντιλογίας, Heb 6:16 (τῶν κακῶν, Aeschylus Pers. 632; Josephus, b. j. 7, 5, 6, and other examples in other writings).

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

πέρας (end)

Matthew 12:42

KJV: The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn it for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon and behold a greater than Solomon here
GK: βασίλισσα νότου εγερθήσεται εν τη κρίσει μετά της γενεάς ταύτης και κατακρινεί αυτήν ότι ήλθεν εκ των περάτων της γης ακούσαι την σοφίαν Σολομώντος και ιδού πλείον Σολομώντος ώδε

Luke 11:31

KJV: The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon and behold a greater than Solomon here
GK: βασίλισσα νότου εγερθήσεται εν τη κρίσει μετά των ανδρών της γενεάς ταύτης και κατακρινεί αυτούς ότι ήλθεν εκ των περάτων της γης ακούσαι την σοφίαν Σολομώντος και ιδού πλείον Σολομώντος ώδε

Romans 10:18

KJV: But I say Have they not heard Yes verily their sound went into all the earth and their words unto the ends of the world
GK: αλλά λέγω μη ήκουσαν μενούνγε εις πάσαν την γην εξήλθεν ο φθόγγος αυτών και εις τα πέρατα της οικουμένης τα ρήματα αυτών

Hebrews 6:16

KJV: For men verily swear by the greater and an oath for confirmation to them an end of all strife
GK: άνθρωποι μεν γαρ κατά του μείζονος ομνύουσι και πάσης αυτοίς αντιλογίας πέρας εις βεβαίωσιν ο όρκος
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