Strong G3879παρακύπτω
to stoop
- Transliteration
- parakuptō
- Pronunciation
- par-ak-oop'-to
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
παρα-κύπτω
[in LXX chiefly for שָׁקַף ni., hi.;]
1. to stoop sideways.
2. to stoop to look: Luk.24:12 (R, txt.), Jhn.20:5, 11, Metaphorical (see Hort, Ja., in l), to look into: before εἰς, Jas.1:25, 1Pe.1:12.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for שָׁקַף ni., hi.;]
1. to stoop sideways.
2. to stoop to look: Luk.24:12 (R, txt.), Jhn.20:5, 11, Metaphorical (see Hort, Ja., in l), to look into: before εἰς, Jas.1:25, 1Pe.1:12.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3879 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- stoop3
- look1
- looketh1
First verses
- Luke 24:12Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.
- John 20:5And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
- John 20:11But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,
- James 1:25But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
- 1 Peter 1:12Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
παρα-κύπτω,
poetry παρκύπτω, stoop sideways, of the attitude of a bad harp-player, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 16)]; lean over a railing, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 475.23 (2nd c.AD).)]
II stoop for the purpose of looking, and so,
II.1 look sideways at, cast a careless glance on a thing, παρακύψαντ᾽ ἐπὶ τὸν τῆς πόλεως πόλεμον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.24.)]
II.2 peep out of a door or window, ἐκ θυρίδος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 797, compare 799, “V.” 178; π. ὥσπερ γαλῆ [prev. author] “Ec.” 924)]; of girls peeping after a lover, [LXX+3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pax” 982, 985, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 3.7; διὰ τῶν θυρίδων LXX.Cant.2.9)]; π. τὸν ἐραστὴν ἰδεῖν so as to see him, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.766d: _metaphorically_, σωτηρία παρέκυψε)] a hope of safety peeped out, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 202)]; ὀδόντων παρακυψάντων, of the first teeth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.118)]: followed by an interrogative clause, peep out and see, π. τίς ἄνεμος πνεῖ [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.1.16:)] — passive, θυρίδες παρακυπτόμεναι probably out of which people look, [LXX (LXX.3Ki.6.9(4).)]
II.3 of persons outside a place, peep in, look in, εἰς οἰκίαν[LXX+NT (LXX.Sir.21.23; παρέκυψεν εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον NT.John.20.11)]; παρακύψας βλέπει[NT+2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 5, NT.Luke.24.12; ὁ παρακύψας εἰς νόμον τέλειον NT.Jam.1.25; π. εἰς τὰ ὑμέτερα 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pisc.” 30, cf. NT.1Pet.1.12)]; of a thing, appear in, ἐς ἀρχόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ συρίγγων” 3.)]
II.4 meddle with, πράγματι [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PLips.” 29.10 (3rd c.AD).)]
poetry παρκύπτω, stoop sideways, of the attitude of a bad harp-player, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 16)]; lean over a railing, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 475.23 (2nd c.AD).)]
II stoop for the purpose of looking, and so,
II.1 look sideways at, cast a careless glance on a thing, παρακύψαντ᾽ ἐπὶ τὸν τῆς πόλεως πόλεμον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.24.)]
II.2 peep out of a door or window, ἐκ θυρίδος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 797, compare 799, “V.” 178; π. ὥσπερ γαλῆ [prev. author] “Ec.” 924)]; of girls peeping after a lover, [LXX+3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pax” 982, 985, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 3.7; διὰ τῶν θυρίδων LXX.Cant.2.9)]; π. τὸν ἐραστὴν ἰδεῖν so as to see him, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.766d: _metaphorically_, σωτηρία παρέκυψε)] a hope of safety peeped out, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 202)]; ὀδόντων παρακυψάντων, of the first teeth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.118)]: followed by an interrogative clause, peep out and see, π. τίς ἄνεμος πνεῖ [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.1.16:)] — passive, θυρίδες παρακυπτόμεναι probably out of which people look, [LXX (LXX.3Ki.6.9(4).)]
II.3 of persons outside a place, peep in, look in, εἰς οἰκίαν[LXX+NT (LXX.Sir.21.23; παρέκυψεν εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον NT.John.20.11)]; παρακύψας βλέπει[NT+2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 5, NT.Luke.24.12; ὁ παρακύψας εἰς νόμον τέλειον NT.Jam.1.25; π. εἰς τὰ ὑμέτερα 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pisc.” 30, cf. NT.1Pet.1.12)]; of a thing, appear in, ἐς ἀρχόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ συρίγγων” 3.)]
II.4 meddle with, πράγματι [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PLips.” 29.10 (3rd c.AD).)]