Strong's Lexicon
G3881 — παραλέγομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3881 |
|---|---|
| Word: | παραλέγομαι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G3844 and the middle voice of G3004 (in its original sense) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | paralegomai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | par-al-eg'-om-ai |
| Meaning: | 1. (specially), to lay one's course near, i.e. sail past |
| KJV Renderings: | pass, sail by |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παραλέγομαι; (παρελεγομην); (παρά beside, and λέγω to lay); Vulg. in Act 27:8 lego, i. e. to sail past, coast along: τήν Κρήτην, Act 27:8 (here some, referring αὐτήν, to Σαλμώνην, render work past, weather), 13 (τήν Ἰταλίαν, Diodorus 13, 3; γῆν, 14, 55; (Strabo); Latinlegereoram).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
παραλέγομαι (pass)
Acts 27:8
- KJV: And hardly passing it came unto a place which is called The fair havens nigh whereunto was the city Lasea
- GK: μόλις τε παραλεγόμενοι αυτήν ήλθομεν εις τόπον τινά καλούμενον Καλούς Λιμένας ω εγγύς ην πόλις Λασαία
Acts 27:13
- KJV: And when the south wind blew softly supposing that they had obtained purpose loosing they sailed close by Crete
- GK: υποπνεύσαντος δε νότου δόξαντες της προθέσεως κεκρατηκέναι άραντες άσσον παρελέγοντο την Κρήτην
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