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Strong's #4074: Petros (pronounced pet'-ros)

apparently a primary word; a (piece of) rock (larger than 3037); as a name, Petrus, an apostle:--Peter, rock. Compare 2786.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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Petros

Peter = "a rock or a stone"

1) one of the twelve disciples of Jesus

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

Relation: apparently a primary word

Citing in TDNT: 6:100, 835




Usage:

This word is used 162 times:

Acts 12:14: "And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate"
Acts 12:14: "but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate."
Acts 12:16: "But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him,"
Acts 12:18: "what was become of Peter."
Acts 15:7: "when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them,"
Galatians 1:18: "to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him"
Galatians 2:7: "unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;"
Galatians 2:8: "(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty"
Galatians 2:11: "But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him"
Galatians 2:14: "truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If"
1 Peter 1:1: " Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia,"
2 Peter 1:1: "Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained"









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