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Lexicon :: Strong's G3879 - parakyptō

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παρακύπτω
Transliteration
parakyptō (Key)
Pronunciation
par-ak-oop'-to
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:814,784

Strong’s Definitions

παρακύπτω parakýptō, par-ak-oop'-to; from G3844 and G2955; to bend beside, i.e. lean over (so as to peer within):—look (into), stoop down.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G3879 in the following manner: stoop down (3x), look (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G3879 in the following manner: stoop down (3x), look (2x).

  1. to stoop to a thing in order to look at it

  2. to look at with head bowed forward

  3. to look into with the body bent

  4. to stoop and look into

  5. metaph. to look carefully into, inspect curiously

    1. of one who would become acquainted with something

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
παρακύπτω parakýptō, par-ak-oop'-to; from G3844 and G2955; to bend beside, i.e. lean over (so as to peer within):—look (into), stoop down.
STRONGS G3879:
παρακύπτω: 1 aorist παρεκυψα; to stoop to (cf. παρά, IV. 1) "a thing in order to look at it; to look at with head bowed forward; to look into with the body bent; to stoop and look into": Luke 24:12 (T omits; L Tr brackets; WH reject the verse); John 20:5; εἰς τό μνημεῖον, John 20:11; metaphorically, to look carefully into, inspect curiously, εἰς τί, of one who would become acquainted with something, James 1:25; 1 Peter 1:12. (Aristophanes, Theocritus, Philo, Dio Cass., Plutarch, others; the Sept..)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
24:12
John
20:5; 20:11
James
1:25
1 Peter
1:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3879 matches the Greek παρακύπτω (parakyptō),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:12 - But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. Stooping [at the small entrance] and looking in, he saw only the linen [fn]wrappings; and he went away, wondering about what had happened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:5 - Stooping down and looking in, he saw the linen [fn]wrappings [neatly] lying there; but he did not go in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:11 -

But Mary [who had returned] was standing outside the tomb sobbing; and so, as she wept, she stooped down and looked into the tomb;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:25 - But he who looks carefully into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and faithfully abides by it, not having become a [careless] listener who forgets but [fn]an active doer [who obeys], he will be blessed and favored by God in what he does [in his life of obedience].

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:12 - It was revealed to them that their services [their prophecies regarding grace] were not [meant] for themselves and their time, but for you, in these things [the death, resurrection, and glorification of Jesus Christ] which have now been told to you by those who preached the gospel to you by the [power of the] Holy Spirit [who was] sent from heaven. Into these things even the angels long to look.
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