Strong G3902παράσημος
figurehead
- Transliteration
- parasēmos
- Pronunciation
- par-as'-ay-mos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Detailed definition
παράσημος, -ον
(σῆμα, a mark) [in LXX: 3Ma.2:29 *;]
1. in cl., marked amiss, spurious, counterfeit. Later,
2. marked at the side, annotated (Plut.).
3. marked with a sign (LXX); as subst., a figurehead : Act.28:11 (see MM, xix).†
(AS)
(σῆμα, a mark) [in LXX: 3Ma.2:29 *;]
1. in cl., marked amiss, spurious, counterfeit. Later,
2. marked at the side, annotated (Plut.).
3. marked with a sign (LXX); as subst., a figurehead : Act.28:11 (see MM, xix).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3902 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sign1
First verses
- Acts 28:11And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
παράσημ-ος, ον,
(σῆμα) marked amiss or falsely, counterfeit, especially of money, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.213, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 3.86, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.65b: _metaphorically_, of men, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 518)]; δόξα π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1114 (Lyric poetry); π. ῥήτωρ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.242)]; δύναμις π. αἴνῳ power falsely stamped with praise, I. e. praised by a wrong standard, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 780 (Lyric poetry).)]
2 of words and phrases, false, incorrect, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 11.144 (1st-2nd c.AD(?): Cerealius Epigrammaticus))]; Ἀττικῶν παράσημος (to be read -σήμων) ἕν (i.e. βιβλίον) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἰδίων βιβλίων” 17)]; τὸ π. eccentricity of style, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 208.)]
3 marked by the side, noted, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1010d)]; π. τινί marked, notorious for a thing, [Refs ([prev. work]823b, etc.)]; π. ἐπιτηδεύων τι remarked as studying it, [Refs ([prev. author] “Brut.” 2)]; τὸ π. φεύγουσαι (of women) conspicuousness, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.439.)]
4 indicative, with genitive, τὸ π. ὄνομα τῆς πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἔχθρας [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Coriolanus” 23.)]
II adverb -μως with false accent, [Refs (EM 191.34.)]
II.2 with a distinguishing prefix, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.12.3 codices)]
(σῆμα) marked amiss or falsely, counterfeit, especially of money, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.213, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 3.86, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.65b: _metaphorically_, of men, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 518)]; δόξα π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1114 (Lyric poetry); π. ῥήτωρ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.242)]; δύναμις π. αἴνῳ power falsely stamped with praise, I. e. praised by a wrong standard, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 780 (Lyric poetry).)]
2 of words and phrases, false, incorrect, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 11.144 (1st-2nd c.AD(?): Cerealius Epigrammaticus))]; Ἀττικῶν παράσημος (to be read -σήμων) ἕν (i.e. βιβλίον) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἰδίων βιβλίων” 17)]; τὸ π. eccentricity of style, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 208.)]
3 marked by the side, noted, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1010d)]; π. τινί marked, notorious for a thing, [Refs ([prev. work]823b, etc.)]; π. ἐπιτηδεύων τι remarked as studying it, [Refs ([prev. author] “Brut.” 2)]; τὸ π. φεύγουσαι (of women) conspicuousness, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.439.)]
4 indicative, with genitive, τὸ π. ὄνομα τῆς πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἔχθρας [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Coriolanus” 23.)]
II adverb -μως with false accent, [Refs (EM 191.34.)]
II.2 with a distinguishing prefix, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.12.3 codices)]