ScriptureNames

Peter

Jesus nicknamed Simon kēp̄ā, Aramaic for 'rock'. Greek translated the nickname instead of borrowing it, as Pétros, and that translation, not the Aramaic sound, spread as Peter, Pierre, Pedro, Pyotr and Buṭrus.

Weakest linkCertain

The road to English

From Late Latin to Old French

From Late Latin to Spanish

From Koine Greek to Old Church Slavonic, Russian

From Koine Greek to Arabic

30 CEAramaic

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