peri marks the subject, person, or matter to which a statement, request, report, or action relates.

As a preposition, peri identifies the matter, person, or topic connected with what is said or done: letters address particular subjects, prayers and thanks concern people, and reports, testimony, teaching, and actions are directed to specified matters.

1. Marks the matter or person in view · dominant

   The supplied forms are all tagged as prepositions. In 1 Corinthians 12:1 and 1 Corinthians 16:1, Περὶ introduces subjects taken up in the letter; in 1 John 2:26, περὶ identifies those about whom the writer has written; and in 1 Peter 3:15 the APB renders a request for a word "about the hope that is in you."

   1 Corinthians 12:11 Corinthians 16:11 John 2:261 Peter 3:151 Thessalonians 4:132 Peter 3:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly reflects the prepositional relation with "concerning" or "about," while some clauses express the relation less directly. Individual English renderings do not establish a separate lexical sense.