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Lexicon :: Strong's G3904 - paraskeuē

Aa
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 BoxMat 27:62

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:62 - Now G1161 on the next G1887 day, G1887 [fn]the day G1887 after G3326 the preparation, G3904 the chief G749 priests G749 and the Pharisees G5330 gathered G4863 together G4863 with Pilate, G4091

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:42 - When evening G3798 had already G2235 come, G1096 because G1893 it was the preparation G3904 day, G3904 that is, the day G4315 before G4315 the Sabbath, G4315

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:54

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:54 - It was the [fn]preparation G3904 day, G2250 and the Sabbath G4521 was about G2020 to [fn]begin. G2020

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:14 - Now G1161 it was the day G3904 of preparation G3904 for the Passover; G3957 it was about G5613 the [fn]sixth G1623 hour. G5610 And he *said G3004 to the Jews, G2453 “Behold, G2396 your King!” G935

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:31 - Then G3767 the Jews, G2453 because G1893 it was the day G3904 of preparation, G3904 so G2443 that the bodies G4983 would not remain G3306 on the cross G4716 on the Sabbath G4521 ([fn]for that Sabbath G4521 was a high G3173 day), G3904 asked G2065 Pilate G4091 that their legs G4628 might be broken, G2608 and that they might be taken G142 away. G142

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:42 - Therefore G3767 because G1223 of the Jewish G2453 day G3904 of preparation, G3904 since G3754 the tomb G3419 was nearby, G1451 they laid G5087 Jesus G2424 there. G1563
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