Mark 3:8:13Mark.3.8.W13TAB
περὶ
peri
“around”
- Transliteration
- pe-RI
- Extended
- peh-REE
- IPA
- /peˈri/
Meaning by language
- English
- around
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
pe-RI
- sentence
KAI a-PO hi-e-ro-so-LY-mōn KAI a-PO tês i-dou-mai-AS KAI PE-ran tou i-or-DA-nou KAI pe-RI TY-ron KAI si-DÔ-na PLÊ-thos po-LY a-KOU-on-tes HO-sa e-POI-ei ÊL-thon pros au-TON
Exegesis
The sentence opens with a coordinated series of geographic sources linked by the conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí} and the prepositions apo {ἀπὸ | apó} ‘from’, peran {πέραν | péran} ‘beyond’, and peri {περὶ | perì} ‘around’, each governing genitive or accusative place names to mark a wide catchment area.
Root and etymology
periblepōpi–epsilon–rho–iota–beta–lambda–epsilon–pi–omega
“to look around attentively”
In context — Mark 3:8
And from Jerusalem and from Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude , hearing all that He was doing, came to Him.
About this coordinate
Mark 3:8:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Mark 3:8, so the Greek word περὶ (peri) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Mark.3.8.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.3.8.W13.S1) and character.