Other side
πέρανStrong’s G4008peran
Appears in 23 verses of the New Testament
In short
Peran is the Greek word usually translated “other side”, “beyond” and “over”. It appears in 23 verses of the New Testament.
“The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;”
Meaning
Usually translated “other side”, “beyond” and “over”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- other side 10
- beyond 8
- over 2
- on the other side 2
- across 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 8
- Matthew 7
- Mark 7
- Luke 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 4:25And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.
- Matthew 8:18Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.
- Matthew 8:28And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
- Matthew 14:22And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
- Matthew 16:5And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.
- Matthew 19:1And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;
Greek dictionary
πέραν peran · other side
πέραν adv., [in LXX for עֵבֶר and cognate forms ;] on the other side, across (usually with the idea of water lying between); (a) as in the older poets, as prep. with genitive: τ. θαλάσσης, Jhn.6:1, 17 6:22, 25; τ. Ἰορδάνου, Mat.4:15 (LXX), Mat.4:25 19:1, Mrk.3:8 10:1, Jhn.1:28 3:26 10:40; τ. χειμάρρου τ. Κέδρων, Jhn.18:1; (b) τὸ π., the region beyond, the other side: Mat.8:18, 28 14:22 16:5, Mrk.4:35 5:21 6:45 8:13; τ. θαλάσσης, Mrk.5:1; τ. λίμνης, Luk.8:22.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “beyond” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BEYOND', adverb
At a distance; yonder.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.