Peter
From Greek Petros: "stone", translating the Aramaic surname Jesus gave to the apostle Simon.
Meaning and origin
Peter renders the Aramaic word for rock that the Gospels say Jesus used as a new name for the fisherman Simon, and the earliest Christian writers rendered it into Greek as Petros before Latin and every later Christian…
How to pronounce Peter
| English (US) | PEE-tur /ˈpiːtər/ |
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