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παρά

From/with/beside

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παρά G3844
Pronunciation pará

What does παρά (pará) mean in the Bible?

παρά (pará) is a Greek word meaning "from/with/beside". παρά, prep.

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Meaning

from/with/beside
Extended definition

Denotes proximity or comparison: beside, from, with, or against a reference point or person.

with radical sense, beside.

IC. genitive of person(s), from the side of, from beside, from, indicating source or origin, [in LXX for מֵאֵצֶל ,מִיַד ,מִלִּפְנֵי ;] after verbs of motion, Mrk.14:43, Luk.8:49, Jhn.15:26, al.; after verbs of seeking, receiving, hearing, etc., Mrk.8:11 12:2, Jhn.4:9, 52 10:18, Php.4:18, 2Ti.1:18, Jas.1:7, al.; after passive verbs, of the agent (like ὑπό), Mat.21:42, Mrk.12:11, Luk.1:37; absol., οἱ παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ, his family, his kinsfolk, Mrk.3:21 (cf. M, Pr., 106f.; Field, Notes, 25f.; Swete, in l.); τὰ παρ᾽ αὐτῆς (αὐτῶν, ὑμῶν, one's means, wealth, Mrk.5:26, Luk.10:7, Php.4:18.
IIC. dative of person(s) (exc. Jhn.19:25, π. τ. σταυρῷ), by the side of, beside, by, with, [in LXX for בְּעֵינֵי ,בְּיַד ,אֵצֶל ;] Luk.11:37 19:7, Jhn.1:40 4:40, Act.28:14, al.; παρ᾽ ἑαυτῷ, at home, 1Co.16:2; with dative pl., among, Mat.22:25, Col.4:16, al.; metaphorically, Mat.19:26, Mrk.10:27, Luk.1:30, Rom.2:13, Jas.1:27, al.
IIIC. accusative, of motion by or towards, [in LXX for בְּעֵבֶר ,עַל יַד ,אֵצֶל ;]
1of place, by the side of, beside, by, along: Act.10:32, Heb.11:12; after verbs of motion, Mat.4:18, Mrk.4:4, Luk.8:5, Act.4:35, al.; after verbs of rest, Mat.13:1, Mrk.5:21, Luk.8:35, al.
2beside, beyond, metaphorically;
abeyond, against, contrary to: Act.18:13, Rom.1:26 4:18 11:24, al.; except, 2Co.11:24;
bbeyond, above, in comparison with: Luk.3:13, Rom.12:3 14:5, Heb.1:4, 9 3:3, al.; __(with) on account of: 1Co.12:15, 16.
IVIn composition: beside, to (παραλαμβάνω, παράγω), at hand (πάρειμι), from (παραρρέω), amiss (παρακούω), past (παρέρχομαι), compared with (παρομοιάζω), above measure (παροργίζω).
Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Matt 2:4 · Matt 2:7 · Matt 2:16 · Matt 4:18 · Matt 6:1 · Matt 8:10 · Matt 13:1 · Matt 13:4 · Matt 13:19 · Matt 15:29 · Matt 15:30 · Matt 18:19 · Matt 19:26 · Matt 20:20 · Matt 20:30 · Matt 21:42 193×
193 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Biblical Witnesses
Luke 13:1-9 from pará
Source or origin, indicating where something comes from or originates
Luke 17:11-19 by/beside pará
Spatial proximity, indicating position alongside or near a location or person
Romans 9:14-29 contrary to/against pará
Opposition or contrast, indicating something contrary to or running against another thing
2 Peter 3:8-13 with/by pará
Association or accompaniment, indicating presence alongside or agency of a person
Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

παρά · θεός G3844, G2316
from God, from beside God
παρά · κύριος G3844, G2962
from the Lord
παρά · νόμος G3844, G3551
Contrary to law
παρά · πᾶς G3844, G3956
beyond all, more than all
παρά · πούς · αὐτός G3844, G4228, G846
beside/at his feet
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 18 — The Lord Strengthens the Mission in Corinth and Beyond John 14 — The Way, the Truth, and the Life, the Father Revealed in the Son, and the Promise of the Spirit John 9 — The Man Born Blind, the Light of the World, and the Blindness of Religious Unbelief Mark 12 — The Rejected Son, the Greatest Commandment, the Lord of David, and the Widow’s Offering

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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