Quick Definition
πέρας, ατος, τό n.n. a boundary, limit, an end
Strong's Definition
from the same as 4008; an extremity
KJV Usage: end, ut-(ter-)most participle
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ατος | πέραν
80.6 · Space · Limits, Boundaries of Space
end, limit limit as the distant end of a space
61.15 · Sequence
end, conclusion the end point of a process, implying a conclusion of a matter In a number of languages it may be necessary to restructure this statement in HEB 6:16, for example, ‘when people are contradicting one another, an oath serves to confirm what is said and to put an end to the dispute.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πέρας, -aros, τό, (πέρα beyond), fr. Aeschyl. down, eztremity, bound, end, [see τέλος, 1 a. init.]; a. ofa portion of space (boundary, frontier): πέρατα τῆς γῆς, [the ends of the earth], i. q. the remotest lands, Mt. xii. 42; Lk. xi. 31, (Hom. Il. 8, 478 [wetpap]; Thue. 1, 69; Xen. Ages. 9,4; Sept. for γ ὍΘΕ [W. 30]); also τῆς οἰκουμένης, Ro. x. 18 (Ps. Lxxi. (Ixxii.) 8). b. of a thing extending through a period of time (termination) : ἀντιλογίας, Heb. vi. 16 (τῶν κακῶν, Aeschyl. Pers. 632; Joseph. b. j. 7, 5, 6, and other exx. in other writ.).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πέρας peras 4x
an extremity, end, Mt. 12:42; Lk. 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 קֵץ, קָצֶה and cognate forms;]
an end, limit, boundary; of space: chiefly in pl., τὰ π. τ. γῆς, Mt 12:42, Lk 11:31; τ. οἰκουμένης, Ro 10:18(LXX);
(opp. to ἀρχή) the end: c. gen., ἀντιλογίας, He 6:10.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πέρας, “ἐρῃᾷ ἢ: cf. P Giss I. 257 (ii/A.D.) δεόμενος αὐτοῦ ὅπως πέρας ἐπιθῆι τῷ πράγματι, “asking him to put an end to the matter,” BGU IV. 10197 (mid. ii/a.D.) ὃς ἔδωκεν τὸν στρατηγὸν τοῦ νομοῦ εἰς τ[ὸ] πέρας ἐπιθεῖναι τ ἢ] λογοθεσίᾳ, P Oxy II. 237}11-.16 (a.p. 186) πέρας τῆς χρηματικῆς ἀμφισβητήσεως λαβούσης, ‘when the money-action has come to an end”’ (Edd.), and OG/S 669*° (i/A.p.) οὐδὲν yap ἔσται πέρας τῶν συκοφαντημάτων. See also the adverbial use in P Oxy II. 2824 (a.p. 30-35) kata πέρ[α]ς ἐξῆλθε, ‘‘ finally she left the house,” said of a dissatisfied wife, and 26. XIV. 1673? (ii/A.D.) τὸ δὲ πέρας ἤτησα τὴν μνᾶν, ‘in the end I asked for the mina.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πέρας (peras) — end. πέρᾰς, Epic dialect πεῖραρ (which see), ᾰτος, τό, end, limit, boundary,
I. in local sense, ἐκ περάτων γᾶς [Refs 7th c.BC+]; τὸ π. tip, τοῦ αἰδοίου [Refs 4th c.BC+]; [τῆς ῥινός] [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τισὶ τὰ π. ἀλγέει the extremities, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. generally, limit, either opposed to ἀρχή, [Refs 4th c.BC+], or including it, τελευτή γε καὶ ἀρχὴ π. ἑκάστου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἔχειν, ={περαίνεσθαι}, come to an end, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπιθεῖναι τῇ γενέσει π. [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2. perfection of a thing, τὸ π. τῆς μαγειρικῆς.. εὑρηκέναι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II.2. b Philos., τὸ τῶν ἀγαθῶν π., τὰ π. τῆς ἡδονῆς, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.3. end, object, εὐχῆς, ἐλπίδος, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.4. Philos., that which limits or has limits, opposed to τὸ ἄπειρον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. final decision, [οἱ] τὸ π. ἔχοντες τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει ἁπάντων δικαίων the supreme court, from which there is no appeal, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
IV. πέρας as adverb, at length, at last, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but also, τὸ π. 'to cut a long story short', [Refs 4th c.BC+]. [In Aeolic dialect the first syllable is short in [Refs 7th c.BC+]