Ancient Greek

Proper noun

Πέτρος • ‎(Pétros) m ‎(genitive Πέτρου); second declension

1. Peter

Inflection

Descendants

See also

• Κηφᾶς ‎(Kēphâs)
• Σίμων ‎(Símōn)

References

• «Πέτρος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• “G4074”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• NA27

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πέτρος ‎(Pétros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpetɾos/
• Hyphenation: Πέ‧τρος

Proper noun

Πέτρος • ‎(Pétros) m

1. A male given name, Peter
2. (Christianity) Any of the religious figures named Peter in the Bible, in particular the apostle of Jesus.
3. Any of the saints whose feast day in the Greek Orthodox tradition is 29 June.

Declension

Related terms

• (diminutive form) Πετράκης