Strong's Lexicon
G3879 — παρακύπτω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3879 |
|---|---|
| Word: | παρακύπτω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G3844 and G2955 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 5 |
| Transliteration: | parakupto |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | par-ak-oop'-to |
| Meaning: | 1. to bend beside, i.e. lean over (so as to peer within) |
| KJV Renderings: | look (into), stoop down |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παρακύπτω: 1 aorist παρεκυψα; to stoop to (cf. παρά, IV. 1) "a thing in order to look at it; to look at with head bowed forward; to look into with the body bent; to stoop and look into": Luk 24:12 (T omits; L Tr brackets; WH reject the verse); Joh 20:5; εἰς τό μνημεῖον, Joh 20:11; metaphorically, to look carefully into, inspect curiously, εἰς τί, of one who would become acquainted with something, Jas 1:25; 1Pe 1:12. (Aristophanes, Theocritus, Philo, Dio Cass., Plutarch, others; the Sept..)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
παρακύπτω (look (into))
Luke 24:12
- KJV: Then 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
- GK: ο δε Πέτρος αναστάς έδραμεν επί το μνημείον και παρακύψας βλέπει τα οθόνια κείμενα μόνα και απήλθε προς εαυτόν θαυμάζων το γεγονός
John 20:5
- KJV: And he stooping down saw the linen clothes lying yet went he not in
- GK: και παρακύψας βλέπει κείμενα τα οθόνια ου μέντοι εισήλθεν
John 20:11
- KJV: But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping and as she wept she stooped down into the sepulchre
- GK: Μαρία δε ειστήκει προς το μνημείον κλαίουσα έξω ως ούν έκλαιε παρέκυψεν εις το μνημείον
James 1:25
- KJV: But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty and continueth he being not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work this man shall be blessed in his deed
- GK: ο δε παρακύψας εις νόμον τέλειον τον της ελευθερίας και παραμείνας ούτος ουκ ακροατής επιλησμονής γενόμενος αλλά ποιητής έργου ούτος μακάριος εν τη ποιήσει αυτού έσται
1 Peter 1:12
- KJV: Unto 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
- GK: οις απεκαλύφθη ότι ουχ εαυτοίς ημίν δε διηκόνουν αυτά α νυν ανηγγέλη υμίν διά των ευαγγελισαμένων υμάς εν πνεύματι αγίω αποσταλέντι απ΄ ουρανού εις α επιθυμούσιν άγγελοι παρακύψαι