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Strong's #4008 - πέραν
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πέρᾱν,
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1. Ion. and Ep. πέρην, Adv. on the other side, across, in early Poets always c. gen., esp. of water, νήσων αἳ ναίουσι π. ἁλός Il. 2.626; πέρνασχ' ὅν τιν' ἕλεσκε π. ἁλός 24.752 (never in Od. ); π. κλυτοῦ Ὠκεανοῖο Hes. Th. 215; π. Χάεος ζοφεροῖο ib. 814; π. πόντοιο Pi. N. 5.21; τὰ π. τοῦ Ἴστρου Hdt. 5.9; πόντου π. τραφεῖσαν A. Ag. 1200; πολιοῦ π. πόντου S. Ant. 334 (lyr.); π. τοῦ Ἑλλησπόντου, τοῦ ποταμοῦ, Th. 2.67, X. An. 4.3.3; π. Ἕβρον is corrupt in E. HF 386 (leg. Ἕβρου ).
2. abs., on the other side, esp. of water, προσορμίζεσθαι . . π. ἐν τῇ Ῥηναίῃ Hdt. 6.97; π. εἶναι X. An. 2.4.20, 3.5.12, etc.; π. γενέσθαι ib. 6.5.22 .
3. with Verbs of motion, folld. by εἰς, over or across to . ., π. ἐς τὴν Ἀχαιίην διέπεμψαν Hdt. 8.36; π. εἰς τὴν Ἀσίαν διαβῆναι X. An. 7.2.2; διαπλεύσαντες π. τῆς Ἀκαρνανίας ἐς Οἰνιάδας Th. 1.111; also without εἰς, ἐκ Θάσου διαβαλόντες π . having crossed over (sc. ἐς τὴν ἤπειρον ), Hdt. 6.44 .
4. freq. c. Art., διαβιβάζεσθαι εἰς τὸ π. τοῦ ποταμοῦ X. An. 3.5.2; διέβη εἰς τὸ π . Id. HG 1.3.17; ἐν τῷ π . Id. An. 4.3.11; τὰ π . things done on the opposite side, ib. 4.3.24; τὰ π. πράγματα, opp. τὰ ἐπὶ τάδε, Plb. 3.97.5; οἱ π . those on the other side, Plu. Mar. 23; ἡ ὄχθη ἡ π . Arr. An. 5.10.2 .
II over against, opposite, c. gen., π. ἱερῆς Εὐβοίης Il. 2.535: freq. in Paus., 2.22.2, 5.15.8,al.
III less freq. = πέρα (A), beyond, c. gen., π. Νείλοιο παγᾶν Pi. I. 6(5).23; π. γε πόντου καὶ τόπων Ἀτλαντικῶν E. Hipp. 1053, cf. Alc. 585 (lyr.), Supp. 676 . right through, καῦσις [ἔστω] μὴ πέρην Hp. Mochl. 37; ἐς τὸ π . Id. Art. 11 . — π . c. gen. usu. precedes its case, but follows it in A.l.c., Paus. 5.15.8 . (Cf. πέρα (B).)
περαιτέρω (from περαίτερος, comparitive of πέρα), adverb, from Aeschylus down, further, beyond, besides: Acts 19:39 L Tr WH, for R G περί ἑτέρων. With this compare οὐδέν ζητήσετέ περαιτέρω, Plato, Phaedo,
c. 56, at the end, p. 107 b.
STRONGS NT 4008: πέραν πέραν, Ionic and epic περην, adv, from Homer down; the Sept. for עֵבֶר; beyond, on the other side;
a. τό πέραν, the region beyond, the opposite shore: Matthew 8:18, 28; Matthew 14:22; Matthew 16:5; Mark 4:35; Mark 5:21; Mark 6:45; Mark 8:13.
b. joined (like a preposition) with a genitive (Winer's Grammar, § 54, 6): πέραν τῆς θαλάσσης, John 6:22, 25; πέραν τοῦ Ιορδάνου, Matthew 4:15; Matthew 19:1; (Mark 10:1 L T Tr WH); John 1:28; John 3:26; with verbs of going it marks direction toward a place (over, beyond) John 6:1, 17; John 10:40; John 18:1; of the place whence (Matthew 4:25); Mark 3:8. τό πέραν τῆς θαλάσσης, Mark 5:1; (τοῦ Ιορδάνου, Mark 10:1 R G); τῆς λίμνης, Luke 13:22 (τοῦ ποταμοῦ, Xenophon, an. 3, 5, 2). (See Sophocles, Lexicon, under the word.)
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πέραν ,
adv.,
[in LXX for H5676 and cognate forms;]
on the other side, across (usually with the idea of water lying between);
(a) as in the older poets, as prep. c. gen.: τ . θαλάσσης , John 6:1; John 6:17; John 6:22; John 6:25; τ . Ἰορδάνου , Matthew 4:15 (LXX), Matthew 4:25; Matthew 19:1, Mark 3:8; Mark 10:1, John 1:28; John 3:26; John 10:40; τ . χειμάρρου τ . Κέδρων , John 18:1;
(b) τὸ Papyri, the region beyond, the other side: Matthew 8:18; Matthew 8:28; Matthew 14:22; Matthew 16:5, Mark 4:35; Mark 5:21; Mark 6:45; Mark 8:13; τ . θαλάσσης , Mark 5:1; τ . λίμνης , Luke 8:22.†
* περαιτέρω
(< πέρα , beyond),
compar. adv.,
beyond: Acts 19:39, L, Tr., WH (T, Rec., R, περὶ ἑτέρων ).†
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