ΠΑΡΗΝ, παρην
PARĒN, parēn
Sounds Like: par-EEN
Translations: was present, were present, was advising, was exhorting, was encouraging
From the root: ΠΑΡΕΙΜΙ, ΠΑΡΑΙΝΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an inflected form that can come from two different Koine Greek verbs. It can be the imperfect active indicative, third person singular or plural, of ΠΑΡΕΙΜΙ, meaning 'to be present' or 'to be at hand'. In this sense, it describes someone or something being in a particular place or situation. Alternatively, it can be the imperfect active indicative, third person singular, of ΠΑΡΑΙΝΕΩ, meaning 'to advise', 'to exhort', or 'to encourage'. The specific meaning depends on the context of the sentence.
Inflection: Imperfect, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person Singular or Plural (from ΠΑΡΕΙΜΙ); Imperfect, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person Singular (from ΠΑΡΑΙΝΕΩ)
Strong’s numbers: G3918 (Lookup on BibleHub), G3867 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 6:140, 10:185, 18:274, 19:285, 19:286, 21:337, 22:345
- Book 2 — 6:94, 9:227, 9:236, 9:237, 10:247
- Book 3 — 2:62, 5:99, 6:114, 13:295, 14:310
- Book 4 — 5:85
- Book 5 — 1:62, 1:114, 2:140, 2:147, 9:326, 11:354
- Book 6 — 11:236, 12:244
- Book 7 — 4:77, 9:197
- Book 8 — 7:206
- Book 9 — 4:60, 6:117
- Book 12 — 2:84, 7:289
- Book 13 — 12:326
- Book 14 — 13:326, 15:424
- Book 15 — 2:21, 6:199
- Book 17 — 4:79, 5:90, 6:173, 7:182, 9:221, 10:250, 11:303, 11:321
- Book 18 — 1:1, 1:2, 2:33, 5:112, 6:155, 6:186, 6:213, 6:231, 6:236, 6:239, 8:262, 8:308, 9:354
- Book 19 — 1:71, 1:126, 1:148, 4:239, 8:343
- Book 20 — 3:65
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 5:9, 9:4, 9:19, 12:10, 18:19, 19:17
- Book Two — 5:3, 6:4, 12:23, 16:4, 18:46, 20:20, 21:31
- Book Three — 7:107
- Book Four — 1:70, 10:2, 10:36, 10:37
- Book Five — 1:1, 2:23, 7:21, 8:14, 11:15, 11:41, 11:42, 13:46
- Book Six — 1:78, 4:31, 6:24
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Ezra (Alpha) — 6:3
- Esther — 9:1
- Tobit — 10:1
- 2 Maccabees — 6:9, 10:24
- 3 Maccabees — 5:10
- Wisdom — 13:1
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 7:13
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 11:8
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΠΑΡΕΙΜΙ, ΠΑΡΑΙΝΕΩ, appear in our texts.
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