Strong G4007περ

indeed

Transliteration
per
Pronunciation
per
Morphology
Greek Particle

Definition

From the base of G4008; an enclitic particle significant of abundance (thoroughness) that is emphasis;
much very or ever: - [whom-] soever.

Detailed definition

πέρ
(akin to περί),
enclitic particle, adding force or positiveness to the word which precedes it: indeed, by far, etc. In the NT, it is always affixed to the word to which it relates, see: διόπερ, άἐνπερ, εἴπερ, ἐπείπερ, ἐπειδήπερ, ἤπερ, καθάπερ, καίπερ, ἅσπερ, ὥσπερ
ὥσ-περ
adv.,
just as, even as: Mat.6:2 20:28, Act.3:17, 1Co.8:5, 1Th.5:3 al.; in protasis, with οὕτως (καί) in apodosis: Mat.12:40, Luk.17:24, Jhn.5:21, Rom.5:19, Gal.4:29, Jas.2:26, al
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G4007 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • if3

First verses

  1. Hebrews 3:6
    But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
  2. Hebrews 3:14
    For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
  3. Hebrews 6:3
    And this will we do, if God permit.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
περ,
enclitic Particle, adding force to the word to which it is added, probably a shortened form of περί (which see) in the sense of
A very much, however much.—Chiefly Epic dialect and Lyric poetry; also in Trag. with relats. and parts.:
1 in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus frequently with)] adjective and participle ὤν, ἐπεί μ᾽ ἔτεκές γε μινυνθάδιόν π. ἐόντα all shortlived as I am, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.352)]; φίλην π. ἐοῦσαν[Refs ([prev. work] 587; Ἰθάκης κραναῆς π. ἐούσης 3.201: mostly concessive like{καίπερ} (which see), ἀγαθός π. ἐών)] however brave thou art, [Refs (1.131, +others)]; κρατερός π. ἐών [Refs (15.164; κύνεός π. ἐών 9.373)]; δουρικτητήν π. ἐοῦσαν[Refs ([prev. work] 343; μέγαν π. ἐόντα 5.625)]: so in Trag., ἄελπτά π. ὄντα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 55 (Lyric poetry); γενναῖός π. ὤν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1068)]: with a substantive, ἀλόχῳ π. ἐούσῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.546; γυνή π. οὖσα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1043)]: with adjective and substantive, λιγύς π. ἐὼν ἀγορητής [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.246: with καί)] preceding, καὶ κρατερός π. ἐών [Refs (15.195, etc.: with the)]participle ὤν omitted, φράδμων π. ἀνήρ however shrewd,[Refs (16.638; κρατερός π. 21.63; χερείονά π. 17.539)]; καὶ θεός π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1203, compare 1084: with parts., ἱεμένων π)]. however eager, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.292)]; καὶ ἀχνύμενός π. ἑταίρου grieved though he was for.., [Refs (8.125.)]
2 intensive, ἐλεεινότερός π. more pitiable by far, [Refs (24.504)]; μίνυνθά π. for a very little, [Refs (1.416, 13.573; ὀλίγον π. 11.391)]; πρῶτόν π. first of all, [Refs (14.295; ὑστάτιόν π. 8.353)]; ὀψέ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.80: to strengthen a negation, οὐδὲ.. π)]. not even, not at all, οὐδ᾽ ὑμῖν ποταμός π. ἐΰρροος ἀρκέσει [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.130, compare 8.201, 11.841, 21.410, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.59, 3.236; μή ποτε καὶ σὺ γυναικί π. ἤπιος εἶναι 11.441)]; ἢν μή π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.57.)]
3 to give emphasis, ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτοί π. πονεώμεθα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.70; ἡμεῖς δ᾽ αὐτοί π. φραζώμεθα 17.712; σθένος ἀνέρος ἀμφότεροί π. σχῶμεν 21.308)]: especially at any rate, τιμήν π. μοι ὄφελλεν ἐλλυαλίξαι honour (whatever else) he owed me, [Refs (1.353, compare 2.236, 17.121, 239)]; τόδε π. μοι ἐπικρήηνον ἐέλδωρ [Refs (8.242: in _imperative_ clauses with the _person_ _pronoun_, ἀλλὰ σύ π. μιν τῖσον)] at all events, [Refs (1.508: in the apodosis of a conditional sentence, εἰ δέ τοι Ἀτρεΐδης μὲν ἀπήχθετο.., σὺ δ᾽ ἄλλους π... ἐλέαιρε 9.301, compare 11.796, 12.349.)]
II after Conjs. and relative words, with which it commonly coalesces:
II.1 after hypothetical Conjs., see at {εἴπερ}.
II.2 after temporal Conjs., ὅτε π. just when, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.259, 5.802, etc.; ἦμος.. π. 11.86)]; ὅταν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 301, etc.)]; πρίν π. before even, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.588.)]
II.3 after causal Conjs., see at {ἐπείπερ, ἐπειδήπε; δι᾽ ὅ τι π}. just because, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.186.)]
II.4 after relats., see at {ὅσπερ, οἷός περ, ὅσοσπερ, ἔνθαπερ, ὅθιπερ, οὗπερ, ᾗπερ, ὥσπερ}.
II.5 after the comparative particle, see at {ἤπερ, ἠέπερ}.
II.6 after καί, see at {καίπερ}.
B περ (B), Aeolic dialect for περί.