Strong G3873παράκειμαι

be present

Transliteration
parakeimai
Pronunciation
par-ak'-i-mahee
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G3844 and G2749; to lie near that is be at hand (figuratively be prompt or easy): - be present.

Detailed definition

παρά-κειμαι
[in LXX: Jdt.3.2-3, Sir.30:18 34:16, Dan LXX Bel 1:14, 2,3 Mac.5*;]
to lie beside, be near, be present: Rom.7:18, 21.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3873 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • be2

First verses

  1. Romans 7:18
    For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
  2. Romans 7:21
    I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
παράκειμαι,
poetry πάρκειμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus (see. below))]: Epic dialect imperfect παρεκέσκετο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.521:)] —used as passive to παρατίθημι, lie beside or before, ἔτι καὶ παρέκειτο τράπεζα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.476; ὀϊστόν, ὅ οἱ παρέκειτο τραπέζῃ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.416, compare 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 108.17, 5th c.BC: Teleclides Comicus 1.7, etc.; ἡ παρακειμένη τροφή 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 599a25)]: generally, to be at hand, available, οἷα τέκτοσιν ἡμῖν ὕλη παράκειται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 69a)]; to be adjacent, with dative, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 74.56 (2nd c.BC): _metaphorically_, ὑμῖν παράκειται ἐναντίον ἠὲ μάχεσθαι ἢ φεύγειν)] the choice is before you, to fight or flee, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.65; ἔρδειν.. ἀμηχανίη παράκειται 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 685)]; ἅμα παρακεῖσθαι λύπας τε καὶ ἡδονάς lie side by side, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 41d: frequently in)]participle, Ἀΐδᾳ παρακείμενος lying at death's door, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 861 (Lyric poetry))]; παρκείμενον τέρας the present marvel, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.73)]; τὸ παρκείμενον the present, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “N.” 3.75; ἱκανὰ τὰ κακὰ καὶ τὰ παρακείμενα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1048; τὰ π. ὕδατα “PTeb.” 61 (b). 132 (2nd c.BC))]; τὰ π., also, dishes on table, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 30.6; κλίνην.. παρακειμένην τε τὴν τράπεζαν 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Diodorus Epigrammaticus Comedy texts 2.10)]; ἡ π. πύλη the nearest gate, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 7.16.5)]; ἐν μνήμῃ παρακείμενα things present in memory, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 19d)]; under discussion, λόγος [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 16)]; obvious, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Rh.” 1.3,6 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]; to be closely connected with, παράκεινται τῇ μαθηματικῇ θεωρίᾳ ἥ τε θεολογικὴ ἐπιστήμη καὶ ἡ φυσική lamb.[Refs (“Comm.in Mathematics texts” 28.)]
b in legal phrases, to be attached or appended, of documents, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 889.15 (2nd c.AD))]; to be noted, scheduled, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (PTeb. 27.7 (2nd c.BC))]; to be preserved in a register or archive, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“PSI” 5.454.18 (4th c.AD), etc.)]
2 press on, urge, with dative, πυκνότερον ἡμῖν -κείμενοι [LXX+2nd c.BC+ (LXX.3Mac.7.3, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.34.7.)]
3 metaphorically, lie prostrate, of absolute subjection, π. πρὸ προσώπου σου [LXX (LXX.Jdt.3.3.)]
4 to be permissible, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ὀδοντοφυΐης” 15.)]
II in Grammars, etc.:
II.1 to be laid down, mentioned in text-books, τὰ σημεῖα οὐ παράκειται [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Philumenus Medicus “de Venenatis Animalibus” 29)]; simply, to be cited, ἐκ τῶν Θεοφράστου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 720.)]
II.2 ὁ παρακείμενος (i.e. χρόνος) the perfect tense, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 205.15.)]
II.3 ἀντίφρασίς ἐστι λέξις.. διὰ τοῦ π. τὸ ἐναντίον παριστῶσα, ex adjecto, as when the Furies are called [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Eumenides”, 1st c.BC: Trypho Grammaticus “περὶ τρόπων” 2.15, cf. Pseudo-Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Vitae Homeri” 25.)]
II.4 of words, to be joined by juxtaposition (not composition,[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (compare παράθεσις 1.2), 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 330.26, +others)]
II.5 to be interpolated, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(1).58.)]