2001 Translation

PARASKEUĒN, paraskeuēn

Sounds Like: par-as-keh-VEEN

Translations: preparation, a preparation, readiness, equipment, a Friday, Friday

From the root: ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the act of preparing or making ready for something. It can also denote the state of being prepared or the equipment/provisions themselves. In a specific religious context, it refers to the day of preparation for the Sabbath, which is Friday.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G3904 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Judith — 2:17, 4:5
• 1 Maccabees — 9:35
• Matthew — 27:62

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 29:277

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 2 — 15:320, 15:333
• Book 10 — 2:31
• Book 12 — 9:368
• Book 13 — 5:143
• Book 14 — 11:291
• Book 15 — 3:61
• Book 16 — 4:111, 5:138, 11:400
• Book 18 — 7:247, 8:271
• Book 20 — 2:50

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 12:16
• Book Three — 8:3
• Book Seven — 11:3

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Judith — 2:17, 4:5
• 2 Maccabees — 15:21

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 27:62
• John — 19:42

Twelve Disciples

• The Didache — 8:1

From the same root

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

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.

• ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΑΙ — preparations, provisions, equipment, supplies, a preparation, an equipment
• ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΑΙΣ — preparations, provisions, equipment, supplies, resources
• ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΗ — preparation, a preparation, equipment, provision, Friday
• ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΗΣ — of preparation, of the day of preparation, of Friday, of equipment, of provision
• ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΩΝ — preparations, provisions, equipment, supplies, means, resources
• ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥ‾Η‾ — preparation, a preparation, Friday, the day of preparation

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