ΠΑΡΑΚΕΙΜΕΝΑ, παρακειμενα
PARAKEIMENA, parakeimena
Sounds Like: pah-rah-KEE-meh-nah
Translations: things set before, things lying beside, things placed near, things presented
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΚΕΙΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Participle, Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word is the neuter plural perfect participle of the verb 'παράκειμαι' (parakeimai), meaning 'to lie beside' or 'to be placed near'. It is a compound word formed from 'παρά' (para), meaning 'beside' or 'near', and 'κειμαι' (keimai), meaning 'to lie' or 'to be placed'. As a participle, it describes something that has been placed or is lying nearby. It can function as an adjective, describing 'things' that are set before someone, or as a noun, referring to 'the things' themselves that are present or available.
Inflection: Plural, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative, Perfect Participle
Strong’s number: G3879 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Sirach — 31:16
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 12 — 6:212
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΚΕΙΜΑΙ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΑΡΑΚΕΙΜΑΙ — to lie beside, to be present, to be at hand, to be available
- ΠΑΡΑΚΕΙΜΕΘΑ — we lie beside, we are present, we are at hand, we are near
- ΠΑΡΑΚΕΙΜΕΝΗΝ — lying near, adjacent, neighboring, a neighboring, an adjacent, a lying near
- ΠΑΡΑΚΕΙΜΕΝΗΣ — of lying beside, of being near, of being at hand, of being present, of being adjacent
- ΠΑΡΑΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΙ — lying beside, lying near, being present, being at hand, being ready, being available
- ΠΑΡΑΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΝ — lying alongside, nearby, adjacent, neighboring, a nearby one
- ΠΑΡΑΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΥ — of those lying near, of those present, of neighbors, of the adjacent, of the surrounding
- ΠΑΡΑΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΥΣ — lying alongside, being near, neighboring, adjacent, those lying alongside, those being near, those neighboring, those adjacent
- ΠΑΡΑΚΕΙΜΕΝΩΝ — of those lying alongside, of neighboring, of adjacent, of nearby
- ΠΑΡΑΚΕΙΝΤΑΙ — lie beside, be present, be at hand, be available
- ΠΑΡΑΚΕΙΤΑΙ — is present, is at hand, is available, lies beside, is near
- ΠΑΡΑΚΙΜΕΝΑ — lying beside, placed beside, set before, present, at hand, available
- ΠΑΡΕΚΕΙΜΕΘΑ — we were lying beside, we were lying near, we were lying by
- ΠΑΡΕΚΕΙΤΟ — was lying beside, was placed beside, was at hand, was present
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