King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4009
Transliteration: peras
Phonetic Spelling: (per'-as)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a limit
Meaning: a limit
πέρας, πέρατος, τό (πέρα beyond), from Aeschylus down, extremity, bound, end (see τέλος, 1 a. at the beginning);
Word Summary
peras: a limit
Original Word: πέραςTransliteration: peras
Phonetic Spelling: (per'-as)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a limit
Meaning: a limit
Strong's Concordance
end, limitFrom the same as peran; an extremity -- end, ut-(ter-)most participle
see GREEK peran
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4009: πέραςπέρας, 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, Matthew 12:42; Luke 11:31 (Homer, Iliad 8, 478 (πεῖραρ); Thucydides 1, 69; Xenophon, Ages. 9, 4; the Sept. for אֶרֶץ אַפְסֵי (Winer's Grammar, 30)); also τῆς οἰκουμένης, Romans 10:18 (Psalm 71:8 b. of a thing extending through a period of time (termination): ἀντιλογίας, Hebrews 6:16 (τῶν κακῶν, Aeschylus Pers. 632; Josephus, b. j. 7, 5, 6, and other examples in other writings).