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Greek Word of the Day - Πέτρος
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Bill Mounce
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8 August 2024
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Πέτρος, -ου, ὁ (Petros), GK 4377 (S 4074), 156x.
Πέτρος, -ου, ὁ means “Peter”
“Simon Πέτρος answered, saying, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” (Matt 16:16)
MOUNCE’S EXPOSITORY DICTIONARY
Petros means a stone; in NT the Greek rendering of the surname Cephas, given to the Apostle Simon, and having, therefore, the same sense as πέτρα.
(The dictionary entry is abridged from Mounce‘s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words, https://billmounce.com/dictionary).