Strong G4009πέρας
end
- Transliteration
- peras
- Pronunciation
- per'-as
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From the same as G4008; an extremity: - end ut- (ter-) most part.
Detailed definition
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.†
(AS)
(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.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4009 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- end2
- part2
First verses
- Matthew 12:42The 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 is here.
- Luke 11:31The 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 is here.
- Romans 10:18But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
- Hebrews 6:16For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
πέρᾰς,
Epic dialect πεῖραρ (which see), ᾰτος, τό, end, limit, boundary,
I in local sense, ἐκ περάτων γᾶς [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 33.1, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.69; π... αὔλ[ε]ιος θύρα ἐλευθέρα γυναικὶ νενόμιστ᾽ οἰκίας 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 546)]; τὸ π. tip, τοῦ αἰδοίου [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 773a21)]; [τῆς ῥινός] [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).28)]; τισὶ τὰ π. ἀλγέει the extremities, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 1.7.)]
IIgenerally, limit, either opposed to ἀρχή, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 264b27)], or including it, τελευτή γε καὶ ἀρχὴ π. ἑκάστου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 137d, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 777b29, “Metaphorical” 1022a4; οὐκ ἔχων π. κακῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1216, compare “Or.” 511, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 632, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.88, etc.; π. ἅπασιν ἀνθρώποις ἐστὶ τοῦ βίου θάνατος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.97, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1115a26; εἰ π. μηδὲν ἔσται σφίσι τοῦ ἀπαλλαγῆναι τοῦ κινδύνου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.42)]; π. ἔχειν, ={περαίνεσθαι}, come to an end, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.5, 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 60, etc.; π. λαμβάνειν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.31.2)]; ἐπιθεῖναι τῇ γενέσει π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 776a4; ἐν π. εἶναι 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 5.18.2.)]
II.2 perfection of a thing, τὸ π. τῆς μαγειρικῆς.. εὑρηκέναι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Hegesippus Comicus 1.4, compare 10, 3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus 26.17.)]
II.2.b Philos., τὸ τῶν ἀγαθῶν π., τὰ π. τῆς ἡδονῆς, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 3p.65U., “Sent.” 20; ἐν τῷ κατὰ φύσιν π. κατακέκλειται τἀγαθόν 4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 831.8.)]
II.3 end, object, εὐχῆς, ἐλπίδος, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Harm.” 2f)]
II.4 Philos., that which limits or has limits, opposed to τὸ ἄπειρον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus cited in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 986a23, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 30a, etc.; τὰ ἐλάχιστα καὶ ἀμιγῆ π. [τῆς ἀτόμου] 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.17U.: Comedy texts, of a person, τὸν καλούμενον Π. Philostephanus Comicus 1.3.)]
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+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 3.16.)]
IV πέρας as adverb, at length, at last, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.61, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.55.6, etc.; πέρας δ᾽ οὖν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.10)]; τὸ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 9.17, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 261.13)]; but also, τὸ π. 'to cut a long story short', [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 70, 316, 470)]. [In Aeolic dialect the first syllable is short in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 33, long in 84.])]
Epic dialect πεῖραρ (which see), ᾰτος, τό, end, limit, boundary,
I in local sense, ἐκ περάτων γᾶς [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 33.1, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.69; π... αὔλ[ε]ιος θύρα ἐλευθέρα γυναικὶ νενόμιστ᾽ οἰκίας 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 546)]; τὸ π. tip, τοῦ αἰδοίου [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 773a21)]; [τῆς ῥινός] [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).28)]; τισὶ τὰ π. ἀλγέει the extremities, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 1.7.)]
IIgenerally, limit, either opposed to ἀρχή, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 264b27)], or including it, τελευτή γε καὶ ἀρχὴ π. ἑκάστου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 137d, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 777b29, “Metaphorical” 1022a4; οὐκ ἔχων π. κακῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1216, compare “Or.” 511, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 632, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.88, etc.; π. ἅπασιν ἀνθρώποις ἐστὶ τοῦ βίου θάνατος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.97, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1115a26; εἰ π. μηδὲν ἔσται σφίσι τοῦ ἀπαλλαγῆναι τοῦ κινδύνου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.42)]; π. ἔχειν, ={περαίνεσθαι}, come to an end, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.5, 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 60, etc.; π. λαμβάνειν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.31.2)]; ἐπιθεῖναι τῇ γενέσει π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 776a4; ἐν π. εἶναι 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 5.18.2.)]
II.2 perfection of a thing, τὸ π. τῆς μαγειρικῆς.. εὑρηκέναι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Hegesippus Comicus 1.4, compare 10, 3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus 26.17.)]
II.2.b Philos., τὸ τῶν ἀγαθῶν π., τὰ π. τῆς ἡδονῆς, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 3p.65U., “Sent.” 20; ἐν τῷ κατὰ φύσιν π. κατακέκλειται τἀγαθόν 4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 831.8.)]
II.3 end, object, εὐχῆς, ἐλπίδος, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Harm.” 2f)]
II.4 Philos., that which limits or has limits, opposed to τὸ ἄπειρον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus cited in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 986a23, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 30a, etc.; τὰ ἐλάχιστα καὶ ἀμιγῆ π. [τῆς ἀτόμου] 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.17U.: Comedy texts, of a person, τὸν καλούμενον Π. Philostephanus Comicus 1.3.)]
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+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 3.16.)]
IV πέρας as adverb, at length, at last, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.61, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.55.6, etc.; πέρας δ᾽ οὖν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.10)]; τὸ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 9.17, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 261.13)]; but also, τὸ π. 'to cut a long story short', [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 70, 316, 470)]. [In Aeolic dialect the first syllable is short in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 33, long in 84.])]