noun · neuter
peratem
Greekπέρας (peras)
Strong’sG4009
a boundary, limit, an end
stem perat-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books2 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
πέρας, -ατος, τό
(< πέρα, beyond), [in LXX chiefly for קֵץ, קָצֶה and cognate forms;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4009 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidper'-as
an extremity
Fromfrom the same as G4008;
King Jamesend, ut-(ter-)most participle
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | peratem1×πέρας | perateim |
| of, belonging to genitive | perateu | perateiu2×περάτων |
| to, for dative | perate | peratei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
perate is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
peratem“end”subject or objectdirect singular1×
Hebrews 6:16“end”anthrōpois gar kata tou megoterou omnualō, kai pantau autoi antilogiau peratem eis bebaiōsian tos horkos;Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.
perateiu“ends”of, belonging togenitive plural2×
Matthew 12:42“ends”basilisas notou egeiriti en ta krisia meta tau geneau houtau kai katakrinati autan; hoti erchata ek teiu perateiu tau gēau akouara tan sofian Solomōnou, kai idou polloterem Solomōnou hōde.The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.
Luke 11:31“ends”basilisas notou egeiriti en ta krisia meta toiu anēroiu tau geneau houtau kai katakrinati autoin; hoti erchata ek teiu perateiu tau gēau akouara tan sofian Solomōnou, kai idou polloterem Solomōnou hōde.The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.
perateim1×
Romans 10:18“ends”Alla legamō, mē ouk akouala? menounge; Eis pantan tan gēan exerchata tos fthongos autoiu, kai eis teim perateim tau oikoumenau teim rēmeim autoiu.But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”