πέρας,
πέρατος,
τό (
πέρα beyond), from
Aeschylus down,
extremity, bound, end (see
τέλος, 1 a. at the beginning);
a. of a portion of space ("boundary, frontier):
πέρατα τῆς γῆς (
the ends of the earth), equivalent to the remotest lands,
Matthew 12:42;
Luke 11:31 (
Homer, Iliad 8, 478 (
πεῖραρ);
Thucydides 1, 69;
Xenophon, Ages. 9, 4; the
Sept. for
אֶרֶץ אַפְסֵי (
Winer's Grammar, 30)); also
τῆς οἰκουμένης,
Romans 10:18 (
Psalm 71:8 (
Ps. 72:8)).
b. of a thing extending through a period of time (
termination):
ἀντιλογίας,
Hebrews 6:16 (
τῶν κακῶν,
Aeschylus Pers. 632;
Josephus,
b. j. 7, 5, 6, and other examples in other writings).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Psalms
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71:8; 72:8
- Matthew
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12:42
- Luke
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11:31
- Romans
-
10:18
- Hebrews
-
6:16
