- περί
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- Parse: Preposition
- Meaning:
- with Genitive: about, on, concerning, on account of, referring, pertains, applies, relating
οὐ περὶ ἄρτων εἶπον
I did not speak about loavesσὺ ἀποθνῄσκεις περὶ τῆς γυναικός
you are dying on account of the woman (Gen 20:3)λαλήσατε περὶ ἐμοῦ Ἐφρὼν
speak to Ephron on my behalf (Gen 23:8) - with Accusative: about, around, approximately
- Of place:
οἱ περὶ Κῦρον
those around Cyrusπερὶ τὰ ὅρια
around the borderπερὶ τὴν πόλιν
around the city - Of time:
περὶ μέσας νύκτας
about the middle of the night
- Of place:
- with Dative:
- positioned around - found only in Proverbs
- with Genitive: about, on, concerning, on account of, referring, pertains, applies, relating
LIST OF PREPOSITIONS
ἀμφί, ἀνά, ἄνευ, ἀντί, ἀπό, ἄτερ, ἄχρι, διά, εἰς, ἐκ (ἐξ), ἐν, ἕνεκα, ἐπι, κατά, μετά, μεταξύ, μέχρι, παρά, περί, πλήν, πρό, πρός, σύν, ὑπέρ, ὑπό, ὡς