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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 rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home marveling at what had happened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:5 - And stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths 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 stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:25 - But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:12 - It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.
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