παράγωparágō
to lead near, i.e. (reflexively or intransitively) to go along or away
Greek (New Testament) · G3855
Meanings
1. transitive, to lead by, lead aside, lead into, lead forward, etc.
2. Intrans.
(a) to pass by: Matthew 9:9, Matthew 9:27, Matthew 20:30, Mark 2:14, Mark 15:21, John 8:59 R, text, John 9:1; followed by παρό, with accusative, Mark 1:16
(b) to go away, depart; metaphorically, to pass away: 1 Corinthians 7:31; middle, 1 John 2:8, 1 John 2:17.
Same root
- παράpará · G3844properly, near; i.e. (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative case) at (or in) the vicinity of (objectively or subjectively), (with accusative case) to the proximity with (local (especially beyond or opposed to) or causal (on account of)
- ἄγωágō · G71properly, to lead; by implication, to bring, drive, (reflexively) go, (specially) pass (time), or (figuratively) induce
Where it appears
Appears 10 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 9:9 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Matthew got up and followed him.
- Matthew 9:27 After Jesus left the girl’s home, two blind men followed along behind him, shouting, “Son of David, have mercy on us!”
- Matthew 20:30 Two blind men were sitting beside the road. When they heard that Jesus was coming that way, they began shouting, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”
- Mark 1:16 One day as Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew throwing a net into the water, for they fished for a living.
- Mark 2:14 As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Levi got up and followed him.
- Mark 15:21 A passerby named Simon, who was from Cyrene, was coming in from the countryside just then, and the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus’ cross. (Simon was the father of Alexander and Rufus.)
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.