Petros · Peter

What it means

Petros (Πέτρος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Peter”.

"rock": the name Jesus gave to Simon.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×23
• Mark×20
• Luke×19
• John×34
• Acts×56
• Galatians×2
• 1 Peter×1
• 2 Peter×1

• Matthew 4:18

  And walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

• Matthew 8:14

  And coming into Peter’s house, Jesus saw his mother-in-law lying in bed and sick with a fever.

• Matthew 10:2

  Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee and John his brother;

• Matthew 14:28

  And Peter answered him and said, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the waters.”

• Matthew 14:29

  And he said, “Come.” And getting down from the boat, Peter walked on the waters and came to Jesus.

• Matthew 15:15

  And Peter answered and said to him, “Explain this parable to us.”

• Matthew 16:16

  And Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”

• Matthew 16:18

  And I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

• Matthew 16:22

  And Peter, taking him aside, began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This will never happen to you.”

• Matthew 16:23

  But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you are not thinking the things of God but the things of men.”

• Matthew 17:1

  And after six days Jesus takes along Peter and James and John his brother, and leads them up onto a high mountain by themselves.

• Matthew 17:4

  And Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, I will make three tents here, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.”

• Matthew 17:24

  Now when they came to Capernaum, those who collected the two-drachma tax came to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the two-drachma tax?”

• Matthew 18:21

  Then Peter came to him and said, “Lord, how many times will my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times?”

• Matthew 19:27

  Then Peter answered and said to him, “Look, we have left everything and followed you; what then will there be for us?”

• Matthew 26:33

  But Peter answered him, “If all fall away because of you, I will never fall away.”

• Matthew 26:35

  Peter says to him, “Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you.” And all the disciples said likewise.

• Matthew 26:37

  And taking along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be grieved and distressed.

• Matthew 26:40

  And he comes to the disciples and finds them sleeping, and says to Peter, “So you were not able to keep watch with me one hour?

• Matthew 26:58

  And Peter was following him from a distance as far as the courtyard of the high priest, and going inside, he sat with the attendants to see the outcome.

• Matthew 26:69

  Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a servant girl came up to him, saying, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.”

• Matthew 26:73

  And after a little while those who were standing there came up and said to Peter, “Truly you also are one of them, for even your way of speaking gives you away.”

• Matthew 26:75

  And Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.

• Mark 3:16

  And he appointed the Twelve: and he gave Simon the name Peter;

• Mark 5:37

  And he did not let anyone follow along with him except Peter and James and John the brother of James.

• Mark 8:29

  And he was asking them, “But you, who do you say that I am?” Peter answers him, “You are the Messiah.”

• Mark 8:32

  And he was speaking the word openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.

• Mark 8:33

  But he, turning around and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter and says, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are not thinking the things of God but the things of men.”

• Mark 9:2

  And after six days Jesus takes along Peter and James and John, and leads them up onto a high mountain by themselves alone. And he was transfigured before them,

• Mark 9:5

  And Peter responds and says to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.”

• Mark 10:28

  Peter began to say to him, “Look, we have left everything and have followed you.”

• Mark 11:21

  And Peter, remembering, says to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered.”

• Mark 13:3

  And as he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew were asking him privately,

• Mark 14:29

  But Peter said to him, “Even if all fall away, yet not I.”

• Mark 14:33

  And he takes Peter and James and John with him, and he began to be greatly distressed and troubled.

• Mark 14:37

  And he comes and finds them sleeping, and says to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Were you not able to keep watch one hour?

• Mark 14:54

  And Peter followed him from a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest; and he was sitting with the attendants and warming himself at the fire.

• Mark 14:66

  And while Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest comes,

• Mark 14:67

  and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and says, “You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus.”

• Mark 14:70

  But he again was denying it. And after a little while again those standing by were saying to Peter, “Truly you are one of them, for you are also a Galilean, and your speech is like theirs.”

And 116 more times.