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Lexicon :: Strong's G3904 - paraskeuē

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παρασκευή
Transliteration
paraskeuē (Key)
Pronunciation
par-ask-yoo-ay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:1,989

Strong’s Definitions

παρασκευή paraskeuḗ, par-ask-yoo-ay'; as if from G3903; readiness:—preparation.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G3904 in the following manner: preparation (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G3904 in the following manner: preparation (6x).

  1. a making ready, preparation, equipping

  2. that which is prepared, equipment

  3. in the NT in a Jewish sense, the day of preparation

    1. the day on which the Jews made necessary preparation to celebrate a sabbath or a feast

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
παρασκευή paraskeuḗ, par-ask-yoo-ay'; as if from G3903; readiness:—preparation.
STRONGS G3904:
παρασκευή, παρασκευῆς, ἡ, from Herodotus down;
1. a making ready, preparation, equipping.
2. that which is prepared, equipment.
3. in the N. T. in a Jewish sense, the day of preparation, i. e. the day on which the Jews made the necessary preparation to celebrate a sabbath or a feast: Matthew 27:62; Mark 15:42; Luke 23:54; John 19:31 (Josephus, Antiquities 16, 6, 2); with a genitive of the object, τοῦ πάσχα (according to Winer's Grammar, 189 (177f) a possessive genitive), John 19:14 (cf. Rückert, Abendmahl, p. 31f); with a genitive of the subjunctive, τῶν Ἰουδαίων, ibid. 42. Cf. Bleek, Beiträge zur Evangelienkritik, p. 114ff; (on later usage cf. 'Teaching 8, 1 [ET] (and Harnack's note); Martyr. Polycarp, 7, 1 [ET] (and Zahn's note); Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word, 3).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
27:62
Mark
15:42
Luke
23:54
John
19:14; 19:31

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3904 matches the Greek παρασκευή (paraskeuē),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:62

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:62 - Now G1161 the next day, G1887 that G3748 followed G2076 G3326 the day of the preparation, G3904 the chief priests G749 and G2532 Pharisees G5330 came together G4863 unto G4314 Pilate, G4091

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:42 - And G2532 now G2235 when the even G3798 was come, G1096 because G1893 it was G2258 the preparation, G3904 that G3603 is, G2076 the day before the sabbath, G4315

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:54

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:54 - And G2532 that day G2250 was G2258 the preparation, G3904 and G2532 the sabbath G4521 drew on. G2020

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:14 - And G1161 it was G2258 the preparation G3904 of the passover, G3957 and G1161 about G5616 the sixth G1623 hour: G5610 and G2532 he saith G3004 unto the Jews, G2453 Behold G2396 your G5216 King! G935

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:31 - The Jews G2453 therefore, G3767 because G1893 it was G2258 G2258 the preparation, G3904 that G3363 ➔ the bodies G4983 should G3306 ➔ not G3363 remain G3306 upon G1909 the cross G4716 on G1722 the sabbath day, G4521 (for G1063 that G1565 sabbath day G4521 was G2258 an high G3173 day,) G2250 besought G2065 Pilate G4091 that G2443 their G846 legs G4628 might be broken, G2608 and G2532 that they might be taken away. G142

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:42 - There G1563 laid they G5087 Jesus G2424 therefore G3767 because G1223 of the Jews' G2453 preparation G3904 day; for G3754 the sepulchre G3419 was G2258 nigh at hand. G1451
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