Petros | Greek Mnemonics

Bill Mounce’s Basics of Biblical Greek Vocabulary Cards (2nd Edition):

24.) Petros (Πέτρος, -ου, ὁ): Peter

Mnemonics / Memory Aids:

 A.) “Peter [Gk. Petros] started walking on the water.” (Matt. 14:29) Peter is a transliteration of this name. (Tanner Huss, Beginning with New Testament Greek) 

B.) Petra means rock. Petros (Peter) means stone. 

C.) Thou art Petros and upon this ‘rock’, I will build my church. (Danny Zacharias, FlashGreek Lite) See Matthew 16:16-18; cf. Eph. 2:19-22; 1 Peter 2:4-9.