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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 on the day after the getting ready of the Passover, the chief priests and Pharisees came together to Pilate,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:42 - And when it was evening, because it was the time of getting ready, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:54

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:54 - Now it was the day of making ready and the Sabbath was coming on.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:14 - (It was the day when they made ready for the Passover; and it was about the sixth hour.) And he said to the Jews, There is your King!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:31 - Now it was the day of getting ready for the Passover, and so that the bodies might not be on the cross on the Sabbath (because the day of that Sabbath was a great day), the Jews made a request to Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:42 - So they put Jesus there, because it was the Jews' day of getting ready for the Passover, and the place was near.
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