"can function as an improper prep., across, beyond, over, on the other side, Mt. 4:15, 25; 19:1; Jn. 6:1, 17; ὁ, ἡ, τό, πέραν, farther, on the farther side, and τὸ πέραν, the farther side, the other side, Mt. 8:18, 28; 14:22"
Definition and meaning
can function as an improper prep., across, beyond, over, on the other side, Mt. 4:15, 25; 19:1; Jn. 6:1, 17; ὁ, ἡ, τό, πέραν, farther, on the farther side, and τὸ πέραν, the farther side, the other side, Mt. 8:18, 28; 14:22
In the original Greek the word is written: πέραν
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of peran (G4008) across the King James Bible.
The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.
Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.
And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.
And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;
And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him.
And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.
And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
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Common questions
Strong's G4008 (peran) is a Greek word that means: can function as an improper prep., across, beyond, over, on the other side, Mt. 4:15, 25; 19:1; Jn. 6:1, 17; ὁ, ἡ, τό, πέραν, farther, on the farther side, and τὸ πέραν, the farther side, the other si... It appears 23 times in the King James Bible.
The word peran (G4008) appears 23 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G4008 is peran, a Greek word defined as: can function as an improper prep., across, beyond, over, on the other side, Mt. 4:15, 25; 19:1; Jn. 6:1, 17; ὁ, ἡ, τό, πέραν, farther, on the farther . James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
peran is a Greek word found in the New Testament.