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"a stone" or "a boulder," Peter, one of the twelve apostles Original Word: ΠέτροςTransliteration: Petros Phonetic Spelling: (pet'-ros) Short Definition: Peter
a noun akin to petra, used as a proper name Definition "a stone" or "a boulder," Peter, one of the twelve apostles NASB Word Usage Peter (150), Peter's (5). NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation All rights reserved Lockman.org
Apparently a primary word; a (piece of) rock (larger than lithos); as a name, Petrus, an apostle -- Peter, rock. Compare Kephas. see GREEK lithos see GREEK Kephas Πέτρον (petron) − 26 Occurrences Πέτρος (petros) − 100 Occurrences Πέτρου (petrou) − 12 Occurrences Πέτρῳ (petrō) − 15 Occurrences
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