πέρανpéran
on the other side, across (usually with the idea of water lying between)
Greek (New Testament) · G4008
Meanings
(a) as in the older poets, as preposition with genitive: τ. θαλάσσης, John 6:1, John 6:17, John 6:22, John 6:25; τ. Ἰορδάνου, Matthew 4:15(LXX), Matthew 4:25, Matthew 19:1, Mark 3:8, Mark 10:1, John 1:28, John 3:26, John 10:40; τ. χειμάρρου τ. Κέδρων, John 18:1
(b) τὸ π., the region beyond, the other side: Matthew 8:18, Matthew 8:28, Matthew 14:22, Matthew 16:5, Mark 4:35, Mark 5:21, Mark 6:45, Mark 8:13; τ. θαλάσσης, Mark 5:1; τ. λίμνης, Luke 8:22.
Same root
- περper · G4007an enclitic particle significant of abundance (thoroughness), i.e. emphasis; much, very or ever
- περίperí · G4012properly, 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)
- περιπείρωperipeírō · G4044to penetrate entirely, i.e. transfix (figuratively)
- φάραγξpháranx · G5327a gap or chasm, i.e. ravine (winter-torrent)
- ἀπέραντοςapérantos · G562unfinished, i.e. (by implication) interminable
- διαπεράωdiaperáō · G1276to cross entirely
- ΒέροιαBéroia · G960Berœa, a place in Macedonia
- ἀντιπέρανantipéran · G495on the opposite side
Where it appears
Appears 23 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 4:15 “In the land of Zebulun and of Naphtali, beside the sea, beyond the Jordan River, in Galilee where so many Gentiles live,
- Matthew 4:25 Large crowds followed him wherever he went—people from Galilee, the Ten Towns, Jerusalem, from all over Judea, and from east of the Jordan River.
- Matthew 8:18 When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he instructed his disciples to cross to the other side of the lake.
- Matthew 8:28 When Jesus arrived on the other side of the lake, in the region of the Gadarenes, two men who were possessed by demons met him. They came out of the tombs and were so violent that no one could go through that area.
- Matthew 14:22 Immediately after this, Jesus insisted that his disciples get back into the boat and cross to the other side of the lake, while he sent the people home.
- Matthew 16:5 Later, after they crossed to the other side of the lake, the disciples discovered they had forgotten to bring any bread.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.