2001 Translation

PARAPLĒSION, paraplēsion

Sounds Like: pa-rap-LAY-see-on

Translations: similar, like, nearly, almost, a similar thing, something similar

From the root: ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word describes something that is very similar or nearly identical to something else. It is often used to indicate a close resemblance or approximation. For example, it could be used to say 'a similar house' or 'nearly the same time'.

Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative

Strong’s number: G3898 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:15, 4:35

Codex Sinaiticus

• Philippians — 2:27

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 32:222
• Book Two — 32:222

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 18:271
• Book 3 — 6:127, 6:131
• Book 5 — 8:277
• Book 8 — 3:66
• Book 13 — 3:63
• Book 19 — 6:312
• Book 20 — 10:236

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Three — 5:13, 10:59
• Book Six — 5:19
• Book Seven — 8:63, 10:21

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Philippians — 2:27

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΟΣ.

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.

• ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΑ — similar, like, resembling, a similar one, a like one
• ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΑΙ — similar, like, resembling
• ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΑΝ — similar, like, resembling, a similar, a like
• ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΑΣ — similar, like, resembling, (of) similar (things), (of) like (things), (of) resembling (things), similar (things), like (things), resembling (things)
• ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΟΙ — similar, like, resembling, a similar one, a like one
• ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΟΙΣ — (to) similar, (to) like, (to) resembling, (to) nearly equal
• ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΟΣ — similar, like, resembling, nearly, almost, about
• ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΩΝ — similar, like, resembling, of a similar kind, of a like nature
• ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΩΣ — similarly, likewise, in like manner, in a similar way

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