παράpará

with radical sense, beside.

Greek (New Testament) · G3844

Meanings

I. C. genitive of person, from the side of, from beside, from, indicating source or origin, [in LXX for מֵאֵצֶל, מִיַד, מִלִּפְנֵי; ] after verbs of motion, Mark 14:43, Luke 8:49, John 15:26, and elsewhere; after verbs of seeking, receiving, hearing, etc., Mark 8:11, Mark 12:2, John 4:9, John 4:52, John 10:18, Philippians 4:18, 2 Timothy 1:18, James 1:7, and elsewhere; after passive verbs, of the agent (like ὑπό), Matthew 21:42, Mark 12:11, Luke 1:37; absolutely, οἱ παρ’ αὐτοῦ, his family, his kinsfolk, Mark 3:21; τὰ παρ’ αὐτῆς (αὐτῶν, ὑμῶν), one's means, wealth, Mark 5:26, Luke 10:7, Philippians 4:18.

II. C. dative of person (exc. John 19:25, π. τ. σταυρῷ), by the side of, beside, by, with, [in LXX for בְּעֵינֵי, בְּיַד, אֵצֶל; ] Luke 11:37, Luke 19:7, John 1:40, John 4:40, Acts 28:14, and elsewhere; παρ’ ἑαυτῷ, at home, 1 Corinthians 16:2; with dative plural, among, Matthew 22:25, Colossians 4:16, and elsewhere; metaphorically, Matthew 19:26, Mark 10:27, Luke 1:30, Romans 2:13, James 1:27, and elsewhere

III. C. accusative, of motion by or towards, [in LXX for בְּעֵבֶר, עַל יַד, אֵצֶל; ]

1. of place, by the side of, beside, by, along: Acts 10:32, Hebrews 11:12; after verbs of motion, Matthew 4:18, Mark 4:4, Luke 8:5, Acts 4:35, and elsewhere; after verbs of rest, Matthew 13:1, Mark 5:21, Luke 8:35, and elsewhere

2. beside, beyond, metaphorically

(a) beyond, against, contrary to: Acts 18:13, Romans 1:26, Romans 4:18, Romans 11:24, and elsewhere; except, 2 Corinthians 11:24

(b) beyond, above, in comparison with: Luke 3:13, Romans 12:3, Romans 14:5, Hebrews 1:4, Hebrews 1:9, Hebrews 3:3, and elsewhere

(c) on account of: 1 Corinthians 12:15, 1 Corinthians 12:16.

IV. In composition: beside, to (παραλαμβάνω, παράγω), at hand (πάρειμι), from (παραρρέω), amiss (παρακούω), past (παρέρχομαι), compared with (παρομοιάζω), above measure (παροργίζω).

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 190 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 2:4 He called a meeting of the leading priests and teachers of religious law and asked, “Where is the Messiah supposed to be born?”
  • Matthew 2:7 Then Herod called for a private meeting with the wise men, and he learned from them the time when the star first appeared.
  • Matthew 2:16 Herod was furious when he realized that the wise men had outwitted him. He sent soldiers to kill all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, based on the wise men’s report of the star’s first appearance.
  • Matthew 4:18 One day as Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers—Simon, also called Peter, and Andrew—throwing a net into the water, for they fished for a living.
  • Matthew 6:1 “Watch out! Don’t do your good deeds publicly, to be admired by others, for you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven.
  • Matthew 13:1 Later that same day Jesus left the house and sat beside the lake.
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.