Definition

properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period)

Etymology

from the base of G4008 (πέραν);

Where the KJV renders it

• (there-)about
• above
• against
• at
• on behalf of
• X and his company
• which concern
• (as) concerning
• for
• X how it will go with
• ((there-
• where-)) of
• on
• over
• pertaining (to)
• for sake
• X (e-)state
• (as) touching
• (where-)by (in)
• with

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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