Strong G3916παραχρῆμα

instantly

Transliteration
parachrēma
Pronunciation
par-akh-ray'-mah
Morphology
Greek Adverb

Definition

From G3844 and G5536 (in its original sense);
at the thing itself that is instantly: - forthwith immediately presently straightway soon.

Detailed definition

παραχρῆμα
adv. (= παρὰ τὸ χρῆμα), [in LXX: Num.6:9 12:4, Isa.29:5 30:13 (פִּתְאוֹם), etc.;]
on the spot, forthwith, instantly: Mat.21:19-20, Luk.1:64 4:39 5:25 8:44, 47 8:55 13:13 18:43 19:11 22:60, Act.3:7 5:10 12:23 13:11 16:26, 33 (on the usage in Mt, Lk, see Dalman, Words, 28 f.).†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3916 appears in 19 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • immediately13
  • straightway3
  • forthwith1
  • presently1
  • soon1

First verses

  1. Matthew 21:19
    And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
  2. Matthew 21:20
    And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!
  3. Luke 1:64
    And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.
  4. Luke 4:39
    And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.
  5. Luke 5:25
    And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.
  6. Luke 8:44
    Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.
  7. Luke 8:47
    And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.
  8. Luke 8:55
    And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat.
  9. Luke 13:13
    And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
  10. Luke 18:43
    And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.
  11. Luke 19:11
    And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.
  12. Luke 22:60
    And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew.
  13. Acts 3:7
    And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
  14. Acts 5:10
    Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.
  15. Acts 9:18
    And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.
  16. Acts 12:23
    And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
  17. Acts 13:11
    And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
  18. Acts 16:26
    And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed.
  19. Acts 16:33
    And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
παραχρῆμα,
adverb for παρὰ τὸ χρῆμα (compare χρέος) on the spot, forthwith, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.15, 7.150, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 25.17, etc.)]; πάλαι τε καὶ οἱ πλεῖστοι π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.75; εἰ καὶ μὴ π., ἀλλ᾽ ὀλίγον ὕστερον 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 18.64)]; ταχέως καὶ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 6)]; at the moment, π. τέρψασαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 6.23 (nisi divisim scribendum))]; τὰ π. the present, opposed to τὰ μέλλοντα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.138)]; ἡ π. ἀνάγκη present necessity, [Refs ([prev. author] 2.17)]; τὸ π. περιχαρές[Refs ([prev. work] 51; τὸ π. περιδεές [prev. author] 8.1)]; τὸ π. ἡδύ immediate pleasure, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 356a; αἱ π. ἡδοναί 5th c.BC: Antipho Sophista 58: with the _Article_, τὸ π. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.11, etc.)]; ἐκ τοῦ π. λέγειν to speak offhand, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 399d, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.1; ἐκ τοῦ π. στρατεύεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.4.11; αἱ ἐκ τοῦ π. ἡδοναί [prev. author] “Mem.” 2.1.20)]; λέγειν ἀπὸ τοῦ π. [Refs ([prev. author] “HG” 1.1.30)]; ἐν τῷ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.73, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 455a, etc.; ἐς τὸ π. ἀκούειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.22; ἀσθενεῖς εἰς τὸ π. γίγνονται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 646c.—More frequently in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus)] and Attic dialect Prose than in later writers (hence explained by [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus παραχρῆμα· παραυτίκα.., εὐθέως),compare 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 106.3, “SIG” 577.12 (Milet., 3rd-2nd c.BC), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Camillus” 42; νόμοι ἐκ τοῦ π. κείμενοι 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator)] ad Them.262a; ἐκ τοῦ π. εἰπεῖν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.6e, compare 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 18.2)]; ἐν τῷ π. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 2.407 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus:)] —hence Cobet treats ἄρτι, εὐθύς, εὐθέως, when joined with παραχρῆμα as glosses, π. ἄρτι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.4.14)]; εὐθέως π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.20)]; εὐθὺς π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 1.11, 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.94, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 48.40.)]
2 in later writers, with genitive, π. τῆς εὐεργεσίας [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 11.130; π. τῆς διαβάσεως 4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Fragmenta Historica - HGM” p.240 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, compare “Geoponica” 10.75.16.)]