ΠΑΡΑΓΡΑΦΕΙΝ, παραγραφειν
PARAGRAPHEIN, paragraphein
Sounds Like: pa-ra-gra-FEIN
Translations: to write beside, to write in the margin, to make a note of, to add a note, to make a marginal note
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΓΡΑΦΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition παρά (para), meaning 'beside' or 'alongside', and the verb γράφω (grapho), meaning 'to write'. Therefore, it literally means 'to write beside' or 'to write in the margin'. It is used to describe the act of adding a note, a comment, or an annotation alongside the main text, often in the margin of a document.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G3889 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΓΡΑΦΩ.
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.
- ΠΑΡΑΓΕΓΡΑΦΘΑΙ — to be written alongside, to be added, to be interpolated, to be erased, to be crossed out, to be omitted
- ΠΑΡΑΓΡΑΦΩ — to write beside, to write in the margin, to write in addition, to write contrary to, to forbid by writing, to prohibit, to cancel, to annul
- ΠΑΡΕΓΡΑΨΑΝ — they wrote beside, they added, they inserted, they interpolated, they erased, they deleted
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