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.), advb.

Sense 1: for, on behalf of, for the sake of

Semantic entry: 90.36

Semantic domains: Case

Subdomains: Benefaction

Definition: (with the genitive) a marker of a participant who is benefited by an event or on whose behalf an event takes place

Notes: In a number of languages, one cannot speak of ‘doing something on behalf of sins’; only a person can be benefited by an event, and therefore one must translate ‘who gave himself on behalf of us who had sinned’ in RV GAL 1:4 · LV GAL 1:4 · Read together GAL 1:4. See also 90.39: περί.

MAT 5:44: RV MAT 5:44 · LV MAT 5:44 · Read together MAT 5:44

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OET-RV MAT 5:44

44 but I’m telling you to love your enemies and to pray for anyone who’s persecuting you,

OET-LV MAT 5:44

44 But I am _saying to _you _all, be _loving the enemies of _you _all, and be _praying for the ones persecuting you _all,

MRK 9:40: RV MRK 9:40 · LV MRK 9:40 · Read together MRK 9:40

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OET-RV MRK 9:40

40 Yes, anyone who’s not against us is for us.

OET-LV MRK 9:40

40 For/Because whoever is not against us, is for us.

All 95 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 5:44 · LV MAT 5:44 · Read together MAT 5:44

MRK: RV MRK 9:40 · RV MRK 14:24 · LV MRK 9:40 · LV MRK 14:24 · Read together MRK 9:40 · Read together MRK 14:24

LUK: RV LUK 9:50 · RV LUK 22:19–20 · LV LUK 9:50 · LV LUK 22:19–20 · Read together LUK 9:50 · Read together LUK 22:19–20

ACT: RV ACT 8:24 · RV ACT 9:16 · RV ACT 15:26 · RV ACT 21:26 · LV ACT 8:24 · LV ACT 9:16 · LV ACT 15:26 · LV ACT 21:26 · Read together ACT 8:24 · Read together ACT 9:16 · Read together ACT 15:26 · Read together ACT 21:26

ROM: RV ROM 1:5 · RV ROM 5:6–8 · RV ROM 8:27 · RV ROM 8:31–32 · RV ROM 8:34 · RV ROM 9:3 · RV ROM 10:1 · RV ROM 14:15 · RV ROM 15:8 · RV ROM 15:30 · RV ROM 16:4 · LV ROM 1:5 · LV ROM 5:6–8 · LV ROM 8:27 · LV ROM 8:31–32 · LV ROM 8:34 · LV ROM 9:3 · LV ROM 10:1 · LV ROM 14:15 · LV ROM 15:8 · LV ROM 15:30 · LV ROM 16:4 · Read together ROM 1:5 · Read together ROM 5:6–8 · Read together ROM 8:27 · Read together ROM 8:31–32 · Read together ROM 8:34 · Read together ROM 9:3 · Read together ROM 10:1 · Read together ROM 14:15 · Read together ROM 15:8 · Read together ROM 15:30 · Read together ROM 16:4

CO1: RV CO1 1:13 · RV CO1 4:6 · RV CO1 11:24 · RV CO1 12:25 · RV CO1 15:3 · RV CO1 15:29 · LV CO1 1:13 · LV CO1 4:6 · LV CO1 11:24 · LV CO1 12:25 · LV CO1 15:3 · LV CO1 15:29 · Read together CO1 1:13 · Read together CO1 4:6 · Read together CO1 11:24 · Read together CO1 12:25 · Read together CO1 15:3 · Read together CO1 15:29

GAL: RV GAL 1:4 · RV GAL 2:20 · RV GAL 3:13 · LV GAL 1:4 · LV GAL 2:20 · LV GAL 3:13 · Read together GAL 1:4 · Read together GAL 2:20 · Read together GAL 3:13

EPH: RV EPH 3:1 · RV EPH 3:13 · RV EPH 5:2 · RV EPH 5:25 · RV EPH 6:19 · LV EPH 3:1 · LV EPH 3:13 · LV EPH 5:2 · LV EPH 5:25 · LV EPH 6:19 · Read together EPH 3:1 · Read together EPH 3:13 · Read together EPH 5:2 · Read together EPH 5:25 · Read together EPH 6:19

PHP: RV PHP 1:4 · RV PHP 1:29 · RV PHP 4:10 · LV PHP 1:4 · LV PHP 1:29 · LV PHP 4:10 · Read together PHP 1:4 · Read together PHP 1:29 · Read together PHP 4:10

COL: RV COL 1:7 · RV COL 1:9 · RV COL 1:24 · RV COL 2:1 · RV COL 4:12–13 · LV COL 1:7 · LV COL 1:9 · LV COL 1:24 · LV COL 2:1 · LV COL 4:12–13 · Read together COL 1:7 · Read together COL 1:9 · Read together COL 1:24 · Read together COL 2:1 · Read together COL 4:12–13

TH1: RV TH1 3:2 · RV TH1 5:10 · LV TH1 3:2 · LV TH1 5:10 · Read together TH1 3:2 · Read together TH1 5:10

TH2: RV TH2 1:5 · LV TH2 1:5 · Read together TH2 1:5

TI1: RV TI1 2:1–2 · RV TI1 2:6 · LV TI1 2:1–2 · LV TI1 2:6 · Read together TI1 2:1–2 · Read together TI1 2:6

TIT: RV TIT 2:14 · LV TIT 2:14 · Read together TIT 2:14

PHM: RV PHM 1:13 · LV PHM 1:13 · Read together PHM 1:13

JAM: RV JAM 5:16 · LV JAM 5:16 · Read together JAM 5:16

PE1: RV PE1 2:21 · RV PE1 3:18 · LV PE1 2:21 · LV PE1 3:18 · Read together PE1 2:21 · Read together PE1 3:18

JN1: RV JN1 3:16 · LV JN1 3:16 · Read together JN1 3:16

JN3: RV JN3 1:7 · LV JN3 1:7 · Read together JN3 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}

JHN 1:30: RV JHN 1:30 · LV JHN 1:30 · Read together JHN 1:30

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OET-RV JHN 1:30

30 This is the man I was talking about when I said, ‘There’s someone coming after me, yet who came before me, because he existed before I did.’

OET-LV JHN 1:30

30 It _is this one concerning whom I said:
After me is _coming a_man, who has _become before me, because he _was before me.

ROM 9:27: RV ROM 9:27 · LV ROM 9:27 · Read together ROM 9:27

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OET-RV ROM 9:27

27 The prophet Yeshayah (Isaiah) announced about Yisrael (Israel): ‘Even though the Israelis are as numerous as grains of sand, only a minority of them will be saved,

OET-LV ROM 9:27

27 And Aʸsaias/(Yəshaˊ^yāh) is _crying _out concerning the Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl):
If may _be the number of _the sons of _Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl), as the sand of _the sea, the remnant will _be _being _saved.

All 22 recorded passages for this sense

JHN: RV JHN 1:30 · LV JHN 1:30 · Read together JHN 1:30

ROM: RV ROM 9:27 · LV ROM 9:27 · Read together ROM 9:27

CO1: RV CO1 10:30 · LV CO1 10:30 · Read together CO1 10:30

CO2: RV CO2 1:7–8 · RV CO2 5:12 · RV CO2 7:4 · RV CO2 7:7 · RV CO2 7:14 · RV CO2 8:23–24 · RV CO2 9:2–3 · RV CO2 12:8 · LV CO2 1:7–8 · LV CO2 5:12 · LV CO2 7:4 · LV CO2 7:7 · LV CO2 7:14 · LV CO2 8:23–24 · LV CO2 9:2–3 · LV CO2 12:8 · Read together CO2 1:7–8 · Read together CO2 5:12 · Read together CO2 7:4 · Read together CO2 7:7 · Read together CO2 7:14 · Read together CO2 8:23–24 · Read together CO2 9:2–3 · Read together CO2 12:8

EPH: RV EPH 1:16 · LV EPH 1:16 · Read together EPH 1:16

PHP: RV PHP 1:7 · RV PHP 2:13 · LV PHP 1:7 · LV PHP 2:13 · Read together PHP 1:7 · Read together PHP 2:13

TH1: RV TH1 3:2 · LV TH1 3:2 · Read together TH1 3:2

TH2: RV TH2 1:4 · RV TH2 2:1 · LV TH2 1:4 · LV TH2 2:1 · Read together TH2 1:4 · Read together TH2 2:1

HEB: RV HEB 5:1 · RV HEB 13:17 · LV HEB 5:1 · LV HEB 13:17 · Read together HEB 5:1 · Read together HEB 13:17

Sense 3: more than, to a greater degree than, beyond

Semantic entry: 78.29

Semantic domains: Degree

Subdomains: More Than, Less Than [Comparative Degree]

Definition: a degree which is beyond that of a compared scale of extent

MAT 10:37: RV MAT 10:37 · LV MAT 10:37 · Read together MAT 10:37

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OET-RV MAT 10:37

37 “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than they love me is not worthy of being mine, and anyone who loves their son or daughter more than they love me is not worthy of being mine.

OET-LV MAT 10:37

37 The one loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of _me, and the one loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of _me.

LUK 16:8: RV LUK 16:8 · LV LUK 16:8 · Read together LUK 16:8

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OET-RV LUK 16:8

8 When he heard, the landowner praised the dishonest manager for his shrewdness because the modern generation are better at working the system than the children of light in their generation.

OET-LV LUK 16:8