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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 LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:8 - And he remained there a long time, and Abimelech the king of Gerara leaned to look through the window, and saw Isaac sporting with Rebecca his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:4 - And he made to the house secret windows inclining inward.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:29 - And the ark of the covenant of the Lord arrived, and came to the city of David; and Melchol the daughter of Saul looked down through the window, and saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:6 - For she looks from a window out of her house into the streets, at one whom she may see of the senseless ones, a young man void of understanding,

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:9 - My kinsman is like a roe or a young hart on the mountains of Bæthel: behold, he is behind our wall, looking through the windows, peeping through the lattices.
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