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G4008 πέραν (péran)
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Quick Definition

over, beyond

Strong's Definition

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

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

KJV Usage: beyond, farther (other) side, over

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

περαιτέρω (from περαίτερος, comparitive of πέρα), adverb, from Aeschylus down, further, beyond, besides: Act_19:39 L Tr WH, for R G περί ἑτέρων. With this compare οὐδέν ζητήσετέ περαιτέρω, Plato, Phaedo, c. 56, at the end, p. 107 b. STRONGS NT 4008: πέρανπέραν, Ionic and epic περην, adv, from Homer down; the Sept. for ςΕαΖψ; beyond, on the other side; a. τό πέραν, the region beyond, the opposite shore: Mat_8:18; Mat_8:28; Mat_14:22; Mat_16:5; Mar_4:35; Mar_5:21; Mar_6:45; Mar_8:13. b. joined (like a preposition) with a genitive (Winer's Grammar, § 54, 6): πέραν τῆς θαλάσσης, Joh_6:22; Joh_6:25; πέραν τοῦ Ιορδάνου, Mat_4:15; Mat_19:1; (Mar_10:1 L T Tr WH); Joh_1:28; Joh_3:26; with verbs of going it marks direction toward a place (over, beyond) Joh_6:1; Joh_6:17; Joh_10:40; Joh_18:1; of the place whence (Mat_4:25); Mar_3:8. τό πέραν τῆς θαλάσσης, Mar_5:1; (τοῦ Ιορδάνου, Mar_10:1 R G); τῆς λίμνης, Luk_13:22 (τοῦ ποταμοῦ, Xenophon, an. 3, 5, 2). (See Sophocles, Lexicon, under the word.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

πέραν peran 23x can function as an improper prep., across, beyond, over, on the othe r side, Mat_4:15 ; Mat_4:25 ; Mat_19:1 ; Joh_6:1 ; Joh_6:17 ; ὁ , ἡ , τό , πέραν , farther, on the farther side, and τὸ πέραν , the farther side, the other side, Mat_8:18 ; Mat_8:28 ; Mat_14:22 περαιτέρω peraiterō 1x compar. adv. of πέραν , Act_19:39

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

πέραν , adv. , [in LXX for H5676 and cognate forms;] on the other side, across (usually with the idea of water lying between); (a) as in the older poets, as prep . c . gen .: τ . θαλάσσης , Joh_6:1 ; Joh_6:17 ; Joh_6:22 ; Joh_6:25 ; τ . Ἰορδάνου , Mat_4:15 ( LXX ), Mat_4:25 ; Mat_19:1 , Mar_3:8 ; Mar_10:1 , Joh_1:28 ; Joh_3:26 ; Joh_10:40 ; τ . χειμάρρου τ . Κέδρων , Joh_18:1 ; (b) τὸ Papyri, the region beyond, the other side: Mat_8:18 ; Mat_8:28 ; Mat_14:22 ; Mat_16:5 , Mar_4:35 ; Mar_5:21 ; Mar_6:45 ; Mar_8:13 ; τ . θαλάσσης , Mar_5:1 ; τ . λίμνης , Luk_8:22 .† * περαιτέρω ( < πέρα , beyond ), compar . adv. , beyond: Act_19:39 , L , Tr ., WH ( T , Rec. , R , περὶ ἑτέρων ).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

πέραν [page 503] For πέραν c. gen., as in Joh_6:1 al. , cf. P Amh II. 149 .5 (vi/A.D.) πέραν τῆς Ὀξυρυγχ (ιτῶν ) πόλεως , opposite the city of Oxyrhynchus. For τὸ πέραν , the region beyond, as in Mat_8:18 ; Mat_8:28 . al. , cf. BGU IV. 1061 .4 (B.C. 14) ἐκ Σιναρὺ τοῦ πέραν , and ib. 1022 .25 (A.D. 196) εἰς τὸ πε̣ρ̣αν . The form πέρα is found in P Leid W vii. 25 (ii/iii A.D.) (= II. p. 103) διαπεράσεις τὸ πέρα , you will cross to the other side, and P Oxy I. 117 .9 (ii/iii A.D.) τοῦ ἄντα καὶ . . . τοῦ πέρα , of the near and the far (vineyard).

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

πέραν "on the other side, across, beyond", Lat. trans, c. gen., πέρην ἁλός Il. ; τὰ πέρην τοῦ Ἴστρου Hdt. ; πόντου πέραν Aesch. absol. "on the other side", Hdt. , Xen. with Verbs of motion, foll. by εἰς, "over or across" to, πέρην ἐς τὴν Ἀχαιίην διέπεμψαν Hdt. ; πέραν εἰς τὴν Ἀσίαν διαβῆναι Xen. : also without εἰς, διαβαλόντες πέρην having crossed "over" to the main land, Hdt. with the Art., διαβιβάζειν εἰς τὸ πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ Xen. ; τὰ πέραν things "done on the opposite side", id=Xen. :— ἡ πέραν γῆ the country "just over the border", the "border-" country. Thuc. "over against, opposite", c. gen., πέρην Εὐβοίης Il. = πέρα, "beyond", c. gen., π. γε πόντου τερμόνων τ᾽ Ἀτλαντικῶν Eur.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

πέραν adv., [in LXX for עֵבֶר and cognate forms ;] on the other side, across (usually with the idea of water lying between); __(a) as in the older poets, as prep. with genitive: τ. θαλάσσης, Jhn.6:1, 17 6:22, 25; τ. Ἰορδάνου, Mat.4:15 (LXX), Mat.4:25 19:1, Mrk.3:8 10:1, Jhn.1:28 3:26 10:40; τ. χειμάρρου τ. Κέδρων, Jhn.18:1; __(b) τὸ π., the region beyond, the other side: Mat.8:18, 28 14:22 16:5, Mrk.4:35 5:21 6:45 8:13; τ. θαλάσσης, Mrk.5:1; τ. λίμνης, Luk.8:22.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (24)

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