Strong G3904παρασκευή
Preparation
- Transliteration
- paraskeuē
- Pronunciation
- par-ask-yoo-ay'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
As if from G3903; readiness: - preparation.
Detailed definition
παρα-σκευή, -ῆς, ἡ
[in LXX: Exo.35:24 39:42 (עֲבֹדָה, with seel., ἀποσκ-, κατασκ-), Jdth.2:17 4:5, 1Ma.9:35 א, 2Ma.15:21 *;]
1. preparation.
2. equipment (Jth, ll with).
3. In Jewish usage, the day of preparation for a Sabbath or a feast (= προσάββατον, which see): Mat.27:62, Mrk.15:42, Luk.23:54, Jhn.19:31; with genitive, τοῦ πάσχα, Jhn.19:14; τ. Ἰoυδαίων, Jhn.19:42 (it is the name for Friday in MGr.).†
(AS)
[in LXX: Exo.35:24 39:42 (עֲבֹדָה, with seel., ἀποσκ-, κατασκ-), Jdth.2:17 4:5, 1Ma.9:35 א, 2Ma.15:21 *;]
1. preparation.
2. equipment (Jth, ll with).
3. In Jewish usage, the day of preparation for a Sabbath or a feast (= προσάββατον, which see): Mat.27:62, Mrk.15:42, Luk.23:54, Jhn.19:31; with genitive, τοῦ πάσχα, Jhn.19:14; τ. Ἰoυδαίων, Jhn.19:42 (it is the name for Friday in MGr.).†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Preparation Festival
The day before the Sabbath or Passover
The day of Preparation was the day before the Sabbath (<ref="Mrk.15.42; Luke 23:54">Mrk.15.42; Luke 23:54</ref>) or the day before the Passover (<ref="Jhn.19.14, 31, 42">Jhn.19.14, 31, 42</ref>).
In the Bible
Strong G3904 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- preparation6
First verses
- Matthew 27:62Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
- Mark 15:42And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
- Luke 23:54And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
- John 19:14And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
- John 19:31The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
- John 19:42There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
παρασκευ-ή, ἡ,
preparation, δείπνου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.82)]; παρασκευὴν σίτου παραγγείλας having ordered corn to be prepared, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.25, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 369e; π. νεῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 190)]; ἐν τούτῳ παρασκευῆς ἦσαν in this state of preparation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.17)]; preparation, practice, as of a speaker preparing his speech, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.13, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.6; ἡ π. τῆς πραγματείας 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.26.5 (elsewhere προκατασκευή, which see))]; λέγειν ἀπὸ παρασκευῆς, opposed to αὐτοσχεδίως, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor “De Figuris” 1.2)]; also, in a speech, preparatory section, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Isaeo” 15 (_plural_); compare παρασκευάζω 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 3 near the end)]
b with Preps., ἐκ παρασκευῆς of set purpose, by arrangement, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.19, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 31.30)]; μάχη ἐγένετο ἐκ π. a pitched battle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.56; ἀπὸ παρασκευῆς [prev. author] 1.133; ἀπὸ π. οὐδεμιᾶς 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.22)]; δι᾽ ὀλίγης παρασκευῆς at short notice, offhand, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.8; τὸ ναυτικὸν ἐν π. ἦν [prev. author] 2.80)]; ἦσαν ἐν π. πολέμου were engaged in preparing for it (compare κατασκευή), [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.14; ἐν παρασκευῇ εἶναι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1382b3; μετὰ παρασκευῆς πλείστης ἠδίκησεν [prev. author] “Rh.Al.” 1427a4; ἄνευ παρασκευῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 326a.)]
2 providing, procuring, φίλων καὶ οὐσίας [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 361b)]; ὑγιείας σώματι π. [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 962a)]; way or means of providing, τίς.. τέχνη τῆς π. τοῦ μηδὲν ἀδικεῖσθα; [Refs ([prev. author] “Grg.” 510a)]; δύ᾽ εἶναι τὰς π. ἐπὶ τὸ θεραπεύειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 513d; in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 457, λευκὴν.. χροιὰν εἰς παρασκευὴν ἔχεις, ἐκ π. should be read.)]
3 intrigue, cabal, for the purpose of gaining a verdict or carrying a measure, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 185, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.79, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.1, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.75, +others, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.32.)]
II that which is prepared, equipage, πλοῦτοί τε καὶ πᾶσα ἡ τοιαύτη π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 495a, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.3.14.)]
II.2 frequently in military sense (see. above [Refs (1.1),)]armament, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.107, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.31, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 1.13, “HG” 5.2.23)]; ἵπποι καὶ ὅπλα καὶ ἡ ἄλλη π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.100, compare 5.17)]; γίγνεσθαι τὰς παρασκευὰς ἐποίης αI got the armaments ready for service, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.102)]; αἱ πρὸς πόλεμον π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1383b3.)]
II.3 generally, power, means, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.1)]; natural equipment, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.2.30, 2.19.30; φύσις καὶ π. [prev. work] 4.8.42, compare 1.6.37)]; of the physical constitution of a new-born infant, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.32)]; of mental faculties, predisposition, δύναμις καὶ π. [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.6.3.)]
III among the Jews, the day of Preparation, before the sabbath of the Passover, [NT (NT.Mark.15.42, NT.John.19.14, 31, etc.; ἡμέρα παρασκευῆς NT.Luke.23.54.)]
preparation, δείπνου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.82)]; παρασκευὴν σίτου παραγγείλας having ordered corn to be prepared, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.25, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 369e; π. νεῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 190)]; ἐν τούτῳ παρασκευῆς ἦσαν in this state of preparation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.17)]; preparation, practice, as of a speaker preparing his speech, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.13, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.6; ἡ π. τῆς πραγματείας 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.26.5 (elsewhere προκατασκευή, which see))]; λέγειν ἀπὸ παρασκευῆς, opposed to αὐτοσχεδίως, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor “De Figuris” 1.2)]; also, in a speech, preparatory section, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Isaeo” 15 (_plural_); compare παρασκευάζω 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 3 near the end)]
b with Preps., ἐκ παρασκευῆς of set purpose, by arrangement, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.19, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 31.30)]; μάχη ἐγένετο ἐκ π. a pitched battle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.56; ἀπὸ παρασκευῆς [prev. author] 1.133; ἀπὸ π. οὐδεμιᾶς 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.22)]; δι᾽ ὀλίγης παρασκευῆς at short notice, offhand, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.8; τὸ ναυτικὸν ἐν π. ἦν [prev. author] 2.80)]; ἦσαν ἐν π. πολέμου were engaged in preparing for it (compare κατασκευή), [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.14; ἐν παρασκευῇ εἶναι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1382b3; μετὰ παρασκευῆς πλείστης ἠδίκησεν [prev. author] “Rh.Al.” 1427a4; ἄνευ παρασκευῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 326a.)]
2 providing, procuring, φίλων καὶ οὐσίας [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 361b)]; ὑγιείας σώματι π. [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 962a)]; way or means of providing, τίς.. τέχνη τῆς π. τοῦ μηδὲν ἀδικεῖσθα; [Refs ([prev. author] “Grg.” 510a)]; δύ᾽ εἶναι τὰς π. ἐπὶ τὸ θεραπεύειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 513d; in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 457, λευκὴν.. χροιὰν εἰς παρασκευὴν ἔχεις, ἐκ π. should be read.)]
3 intrigue, cabal, for the purpose of gaining a verdict or carrying a measure, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 185, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.79, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.1, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.75, +others, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.32.)]
II that which is prepared, equipage, πλοῦτοί τε καὶ πᾶσα ἡ τοιαύτη π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 495a, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.3.14.)]
II.2 frequently in military sense (see. above [Refs (1.1),)]armament, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.107, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.31, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 1.13, “HG” 5.2.23)]; ἵπποι καὶ ὅπλα καὶ ἡ ἄλλη π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.100, compare 5.17)]; γίγνεσθαι τὰς παρασκευὰς ἐποίης αI got the armaments ready for service, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.102)]; αἱ πρὸς πόλεμον π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1383b3.)]
II.3 generally, power, means, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.1)]; natural equipment, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.2.30, 2.19.30; φύσις καὶ π. [prev. work] 4.8.42, compare 1.6.37)]; of the physical constitution of a new-born infant, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.32)]; of mental faculties, predisposition, δύναμις καὶ π. [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.6.3.)]
III among the Jews, the day of Preparation, before the sabbath of the Passover, [NT (NT.Mark.15.42, NT.John.19.14, 31, etc.; ἡμέρα παρασκευῆς NT.Luke.23.54.)]