UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Notes: The general equivalence in meaning of περί and ὑπέρ in contexts introducing content can be readily seen from the tendency for scribes to interchange these terms in manuscripts. However, there may be certain subtle distinctions in meaning, but these cannot be determined from existing contexts.

Form 1

Part of speech: prep. (with gen. or acc.)

Related lemmas: πέριξ

Sense 1: around

Semantic entry: 83.18

Semantic domains: Spacial Positions

Subdomains: Around, About, Outside

Definition: a position or a series of positions around an area, but not necessarily involving complete encirclement

MAT 3:4: RV MAT 3:4 · LV MAT 3:4 · Read together MAT 3:4

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4 Yohan (John; Grk. Yoannes) himself wore clothes made from coarse camel hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he lived on locusts and wild honey.

OET-LV MAT 3:4

4 And the Yōannaʸs himself was _having the clothing of _him from hairs of_a_camel and a_ leather _belt around the waist of _him, and the food of _him was locusts and wild honey.

MAT 8:18: RV MAT 8:18 · LV MAT 8:18 · Read together MAT 8:18

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OET-RV MAT 8:18

18 When Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) saw the crowd around him, he told his apprentices to take him across to the other side of the lake.

OET-LV MAT 8:18

18 And the Yaʸsous having _seen crowd around him, he _commanded them to _go _away to the side across.

All 16 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 3:4 · RV MAT 8:18 · RV MAT 18:6 · LV MAT 3:4 · LV MAT 8:18 · LV MAT 18:6 · Read together MAT 3:4 · Read together MAT 8:18 · Read together MAT 18:6

MRK: RV MRK 1:6 · RV MRK 3:8 · RV MRK 3:32 · RV MRK 3:34 · RV MRK 4:10 · RV MRK 9:14 · RV MRK 9:42 · LV MRK 1:6 · LV MRK 3:8 · LV MRK 3:32 · LV MRK 3:34 · LV MRK 4:10 · LV MRK 9:14 · LV MRK 9:42 · Read together MRK 1:6 · Read together MRK 3:8 · Read together MRK 3:32 · Read together MRK 3:34 · Read together MRK 4:10 · Read together MRK 9:14 · Read together MRK 9:42

LUK: RV LUK 13:8 · RV LUK 17:2 · RV LUK 22:49 · LV LUK 13:8 · LV LUK 17:2 · LV LUK 22:49 · Read together LUK 13:8 · Read together LUK 17:2 · Read together LUK 22:49

ACT: RV ACT 22:6 · RV ACT 28:7 · LV ACT 22:6 · LV ACT 28:7 · Read together ACT 22:6 · Read together ACT 28:7

JDE: RV JDE 1:7 · LV JDE 1:7 · Read together JDE 1:7

Sense 2: concerning, about, of

Semantic entry: 90.24

Semantic domains: Case

Subdomains: Content

Definition: (with the genitive) a marker of general content, whether of a discourse or mental activity{N:001}

MAT 2:8: RV MAT 2:8 · LV MAT 2:8 · Read together MAT 2:8

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8 Then he sent them on to Beyt-Lehem with these instructions: “Go on and carefully investigate about the child, and when you find him, report back to me so that I can also come and worship him.”

OET-LV MAT 2:8

8 And having _sent them to Baʸthleʼem he _said:
Having _been _gone, search _out exactly for the little _child, and when you _all _may _find him, report to _me so _that also _I, having _come, may _prostrate before _him.

MAT 11:7: RV MAT 11:7 · LV MAT 11:7 · Read together MAT 11:7

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OET-RV MAT 11:7

7 As Yohan’s apprentices left, Yeshua started talking to the crowd about Yohan: “What was it that you crowds went out to the wilderness to see? A reed being blown around by the wind?”

OET-LV MAT 11:7

7 And these going, the Yaʸsous began to _be _saying to _the crowds concerning Yōannaʸs, you _all _came _out into the wilderness to _see What?
A_reed being _shaken by wind?

All 127 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: RV LUK 1:1 · RV LUK 1:4 · RV LUK 2:17–18 · RV LUK 2:33 · RV LUK 2:38 · RV LUK 7:3 · RV LUK 7:18 · RV LUK 7:24 · RV LUK 7:27 · RV LUK 23:8 · RV LUK 24:14 · LV LUK 1:1 · LV LUK 1:4 · LV LUK 2:17–18 · LV LUK 2:33 · LV LUK 2:38 · LV LUK 7:3 · LV LUK 7:18 · LV LUK 7:24 · LV LUK 7:27 · LV LUK 23:8 · LV LUK 24:14 · Read together LUK 1:1 · Read together LUK 1:4 · Read together LUK 2:17–18 · Read together LUK 2:33 · Read together LUK 2:38 · Read together LUK 7:3 · Read together LUK 7:18 · Read together LUK 7:24 · Read together LUK 7:27 · Read together LUK 23:8 · Read together LUK 24:14

ROM: RV ROM 1:3 · RV ROM 14:12 · LV ROM 1:3 · LV ROM 14:12 · Read together ROM 1:3 · Read together ROM 14:12

CO1: RV CO1 8:4 · RV CO1 16:1 · LV CO1 8:4 · LV CO1 16:1 · Read together CO1 8:4 · Read together CO1 16:1

EPH: RV EPH 6:22 · LV EPH 6:22 · Read together EPH 6:22

PHP: RV PHP 1:27 · RV PHP 2:19–20 · LV PHP 1:27 · LV PHP 2:19–20 · Read together PHP 1:27 · Read together PHP 2:19–20

COL: RV COL 4:8 · RV COL 4:10 · LV COL 4:8 · LV COL 4:10 · Read together COL 4:8 · Read together COL 4:10

TH1: RV TH1 1:2 · RV TH1 3:9 · RV TH1 5:25 · LV TH1 1:2 · LV TH1 3:9 · LV TH1 5:25 · Read together TH1 1:2 · Read together TH1 3:9 · Read together TH1 5:25

TH2: RV TH2 1:11 · LV TH2 1:11 · Read together TH2 1:11

TI2: RV TI2 1:3 · LV TI2 1:3 · Read together TI2 1:3

TIT: RV TIT 2:8 · LV TIT 2:8 · Read together TIT 2:8

HEB: RV HEB 2:5 · RV HEB 4:4 · RV HEB 4:8 · RV HEB 5:11 · RV HEB 7:14 · RV HEB 9:5 · RV HEB 10:7 · RV HEB 11:7 · RV HEB 11:22 · RV HEB 11:32 · LV HEB 2:5 · LV HEB 4:4 · LV HEB 4:8 · LV HEB 5:11 · LV HEB 7:14 · LV HEB 9:5 · LV HEB 10:7 · LV HEB 11:7 · LV HEB 11:22 · LV HEB 11:32 · Read together HEB 2:5 · Read together HEB 4:4 · Read together HEB 4:8 · Read together HEB 5:11 · Read together HEB 7:14 · Read together HEB 9:5 · Read together HEB 10:7 · Read together HEB 11:7 · Read together HEB 11:22 · Read together HEB 11:32

PE1: RV PE1 1:10 · LV PE1 1:10 · Read together PE1 1:10

JN1: RV JN1 2:26–27 · RV JN1 5:9–10 · RV JN1 5:16 · LV JN1 2:26–27 · LV JN1 5:9–10 · LV JN1 5:16 · Read together JN1 2:26–27 · Read together JN1 5:9–10 · Read together JN1 5:16

Sense 3: about

Semantic entry: 67.35

Semantic domains: Time

Subdomains: A Point of Time with Reference to Other Points of Time: Before, Long Ago, Now, At the Same Time, When, About, After

Definition: a marker of a point of time which is approximately simultaneous to another point of time

MAT 20:3: RV MAT 20:3 · LV MAT 20:3 · Read together MAT 20:3

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OET-RV MAT 20:3

3 Then around 9am he noticed some others standing idle in the marketplace,

OET-LV MAT 20:3

3 And having _come _out about the_third hour, he _saw others having _stood idle in the marketplace,

MAT 20:5: RV MAT 20:5 · LV MAT 20:5 · Read together MAT 20:5

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OET-RV MAT 20:5

5 So they went off. Then he came out around midday, and again at 3pm, and did the same.

OET-LV MAT 20:5

5 And they went _away.
Having _come _out again about the_sixth and ninth hour, he _did likewise.

All 9 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 20:3 · RV MAT 20:5–6 · RV MAT 20:9 · RV MAT 27:46 · LV MAT 20:3 · LV MAT 20:5–6 · LV MAT 20:9 · LV MAT 27:46 · Read together MAT 20:3 · Read together MAT 20:5–6 · Read together MAT 20:9 · Read together MAT 27:46

MRK: RV MRK 6:48 · LV MRK 6:48 · Read together MRK 6:48

ACT: RV ACT 10:3 · RV ACT 10:9 · RV ACT 22:6 · LV ACT 10:3 · LV ACT 10:9 · LV ACT 22:6 · Read together ACT 10:3 · Read together ACT 10:9 · Read together ACT 22:6

Sense 4: for, on account of, because

Semantic entry: 89.36

Semantic domains: Relations

Subdomains: Cause and/or Reason

Definition: a marker of cause or reason as an implied content of speaking

Notes: One may also interpret περί in RV LUK 19:37 · LV LUK 19:37 · Read together LUK 19:37 as being primarily a matter of specification (see 89.6: περί). As in a number of instances in this domain, markers may have more than one semantic function.

LUK 3:19: RV LUK 3:19 · LV LUK 3:19 · Read together LUK 3:19

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OET-RV LUK 3:19

19 He scolded King Herodes (Herod) (who was the ruler of the Galili quarter) about marrying his own brother Filippos’s (Philip) wife Herodias. Herodes had also been scolded by him about many other evil things that he’d done,

OET-LV LUK 3:19

19 But the Haʸrōdaʸs the quarter _ruler, being _rebuked by him concerning Haʸrōidias, the wife of _the brother of _him, and concerning all evil which the Haʸrōdaʸs did,

LUK 19:37: RV LUK 19:37 · LV LUK 19:37 · Read together LUK 19:37

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OET-RV LUK 19:37

37 As he was about to descend down the slope of the Mt. of Olives, the whole crowd of followers started celebrating and loudly praising God for all the miracles they’d seen,

OET-LV LUK 19:37

37 And of _him nearing already at the down _grade of _the Mount of_ the _Olives, all the multitude of _the apprentices/followers began rejoicing to _be _praising the god with_a_ loud _voice for all the_miracles which they _saw

All 8 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: RV LUK 3:19 · RV LUK 19:37 · RV LUK 24:4 · LV LUK 3:19 · LV LUK 19:37 · LV LUK 24:4 · Read together LUK 3:19 · Read together LUK 19:37 · Read together LUK 24:4

JHN: RV JHN 8:26 · RV JHN 10:33 · LV JHN 8:26 · LV JHN 10:33 · Read together JHN 8:26 · Read together JHN 10:33

CO1: RV CO1 1:4 · LV CO1 1:4 · Read together CO1 1:4

TH1: RV TH1 3:9 · LV TH1 3:9 · Read together TH1 3:9

JN1: RV JN1 2:26 · LV JN1 2:26 · Read together JN1 2:26

Sense 5: on behalf of

Semantic entry: 90.39

Semantic domains: Case

Subdomains: Benefaction

Definition: (with the genitive) a marker of events which are indirectly involved in a beneficial activity

Notes: A strictly literal translation of this expression in RV PE1 3:18 · LV PE1 3:18 · Read together PE1 3:18 could be extremely misleading in some languages, since it would imply that Christ’s suffering in some way benefited or enhanced sins. Accordingly, it is necessary in a number of languages to translate as ‘because Christ once for all suffered for the sake of people who had sinned.’ Note a similar use of ὑπέρ in RV GAL 1:4 · LV GAL 1:4 · Read together GAL 1:4 (see 90.36: ὑπέρ).

JHN 12:6: RV JHN 12:6 · LV JHN 12:6 · Read together JHN 12:6

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OET-RV JHN 12:6