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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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:62

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:62 - The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:42 - It was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath). So as evening approached,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:54

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:54 - It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:14 - It was the day of Preparation of the Passover; it was about noon. “Here is your king,” Pilate said to the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:31 - Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:42 - Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.
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