Strong's Lexicon
G3898 — παραπλησίως
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3898 |
|---|---|
| Word: | παραπλησίως |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Etymology: | adverb from a compound of G3844 and the base of G4139 (as adverb) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | paraplesios |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | par-ap-lay-see'-oce |
| Meaning: | 1. in a manner near by 2. (figuratively) similarly |
| KJV Renderings: | likewise |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παραπλησίως, adverb (παραπλήσιος, see παραπλήσιον), similarly, in like manner, in the same way: Heb 2:14 (where it is equivalent to κατά πάντα Heb 2:17, and hence, is used of a similarity which amounts to equality, as in the phrase ἀγωνίζεσθαι παραπλ. to fight with equal advantage, aequo Marte, Herodotus 1, 77; so too the adjective, σύ δέ ἄνθρωπος ὤν παραπλήσιος τοῖς ἄλλοις, πλήν γέ δή ὅτι πολυπράγμων καί ἀτάσθαλος κτλ., the words in which an oriental sage endeavors to tame the pride of Alexander the Great, Arrian, exp. Alex. 7, 1, 9 (6)).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
παραπλησίωσ (likewise)
Hebrews 2:14
- KJV: Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood he also himself likewise took part of the same that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death that is the devil
- GK: επεί ούν τα παιδία κεκοινώνηκε σαρκός και αίματος και αυτός παραπλησίως μετέσχε των αυτών ίνα διά του θανάτου καταργήση τον το κράτος έχοντα του θανάτου τουτ΄ τον διάβολον