Quick Definition
a boundary, limit, an end
Strong's Definition
an extremity
Derivation: from the same as G4008 (πέραν);
KJV Usage: end, ut-(ter-)most participle
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 ΰΖψΖυ ΰΗτΐρΕι (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).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πέρας peras 4x
an extremity, end, Mat_12:42 ; Luk_11:31 ; Rom_10:18 ;
an end, conclusion, termination, Heb_6:16
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πέρας , -ατος , τό
( < πέρα , beyond ),
[in LXX chiefly for H7093 , H7098 and cognate forms;]
an end, limit, boundary;
(a) of space: chiefly in pl ., τὰ Papyri τ . γῆς , Mat_12:42 , Luk_11:31 ; τ . οἰκουμένης , Rom_10:18 ( LXX );
(b) ( opp . to ἀρχή ) the end: c . gen ., ἀντιλογίας , Heb_6:10 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πέρας [page 503]
end : cf. P Giss I. 25 .7 (ii/A.D.) δεόμενος αὐτοῦ ὅπως πέρας ἐπιθῆι τῷ πράγμ̣ατι , asking him to put an end to the matter, BGU IV. 1019 .7 (mid. ii/A.D.) ὃς ἔδωκεν τὸν στρατηγὸν τοῦ νομοῦ εἰς τ [ὸ ] πέρας ἐπιθεῖναι τ [ῇ ] λογοθεσίᾳ , P Oxy II. 237 viii. 16 (A.D. 186) πέρας τῆς χρηματικῆς ἀμφισβητήσεως λαβούσης , when the money-action has come to an end (Edd.), and OGIS 669 .40 (i/A.D.) οὐδὲν γὰρ ἔσται πέρας τῶν συκοφαντημάτων . See also the adverbial use in P Oxy II. 282 .11 (A.D. 30 35) κατὰ πέρ [α ]ς ἐξῆ [λθε , finally she left the house, said of a dissatisfied wife, and ib. XIV. 1673 .22 (ii/A.D.) τὸ δὲ πέρας ᾔτησα τὴν μνᾶν , in the end I asked for the mina,
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
πέρας πέρα^ς, α^τος, εος, τό, [Etym: πέρα] "an end, limit, boundary", ἐκ περάτων γῆς Thuc. "an end, finish", οὐ π. ἔχων κακῶν Eur. ; πέρας ἐστὶ τοῦ βίου θάνατος Dem. "an end, completion", Luc. as adv., like τέλος, "at length, at last", Aeschin. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
πέρας, -ατος, τό
(πέρα, beyond), [in LXX chiefly for קֵץ, קָצָה and cognate forms ;]
an end, limit, boundary;
__(a) of space: chiefly in pl., τὰ π. τ. γῆς, Mat.12:42, Luk.11:31; τ. οἰκουμένης, Rom.10:18 (LXX);
__(b) (opposite to ἀρχή) the end: with genitive, ἀντιλογίας, Heb.6:10.†
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