Strong G3907παρατήρησις

observation

Transliteration
paratērēsis
Pronunciation
par-at-ay'-ray-sis
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From G3906; inspection that is ocular evidence: - observation.

Detailed definition

παρα-τήρησις, -εως, ἡ
[in Aq.: Exo.12:42 (see: παρατηρέω) *;]
obser­vation: Luk.17:20 (Polyb., Plut., al.).†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3907 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • observation1

First verses

  1. Luke 17:20
    And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
παρατήρ-ησις, εως, ἡ,
observation, διειλημμένοι εἰς παρατήρησιν kept under surveillance, Aen.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (Tact. 10.25; παρατηρήσεις ἄστρων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus 1.28, compare 5.31; π. παθέων ἀλλοτρίων “IG” 42(1).687.14 (Epid., 2nd c.AD))]; ποιεῖσθαι τὴν π. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.36 3b)]; μετὰ παρατηρήσεως so that it can be observed, NT.Luke.17.20: in bad sense, close observation, to detect faults, etc., [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 16.22.8)]; ἐνέδρα καὶ π. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.266b)]; empirical observation, opposed to λογισμός, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.127)]; so κατὰ ἱστορίαν ἢ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.40 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
2. observance of rules, etc., [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 629.21.)]
3. remark, note, παρατηρήσεως ἄξια [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 23.2, cf. Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1258)]; ψιλὴ π. bare notice, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 41.8.)]