παραπλησίως
paraplēsíōs · G3898 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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very similar, closely resembling, almost the same as
Pertaining to being similar in the sense of almost equivalent to
ExamplesHebrews 2:14 Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, so that through death He might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- ὁμοίως homoíōs · G3668 · like, such as, likewise
- ὁμοίως is the most common NT adverb for 'similarly/likewise,' expressing manner correspondence. While παραπλησίως emphasizes 'nearly so' or 'almost in the same manner' (from the root for 'near'), ὁμοίως expresses direct similarity without the nuance of approximation. Both indicate comparable manner.
- ὡσαύτως hōsaútōs · G5615 · just as, in the same way, in like manner
- ὡσαύτως (compound of ὡς + αὐτός) means 'in the same manner/likewise,' serving as a manner-comparative adverb parallel to παραπλησίως. Both indicate similar action or state, though ὡσαύτως emphasizes sameness while παραπλησίως emphasizes nearness of resemblance.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Very similar, closely resembling, almost the same as64.9
- παραπλησίως describes a manner of close correspondence between two things, as the writer of Hebrews explains Christ's shared humanity with those He came to save: “Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, so that through death He might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil.” (Hebrews 2:14)
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon adverb (παραπλήσιος, see παραπλήσιον), similarly, in like manner, in the same way: Heb…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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