παρασκευάζω
paraskeuázō · G3903 · Greek · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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to prepare a meal, to get a meal ready
To prepare or cook a meal
ExamplesActs 10:10 But he became hungry and wanted to eat; but while they were making preparations, he fell into a trance;
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to be ready, to make ready, to become ready, to prepare
To be or to become ready for some purpose
Examples1 Corinthians 14:8 For if the trumpet produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare himself for battle?
2 Corinthians 9:2 for I know your willingness, of which I boast about you to the Macedonians, namely, that Achaia has been prepared since last year, and your zeal has stirred up most of them.
2 Corinthians 9:3 But I have sent the brothers, in order that our boasting about you may not prove empty in this case, so that, as I was saying, you will be prepared;
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- τίςwho? what?, why? for what reason? 1
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
- ἈχαΐαAchaia 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- εἰςto+ πόλεμοςwar, battle 1
- ἀπόfrom+ πέρυσιlast year 1
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 1 word
- ἑτοιμάζω hetoimázō · G2090 · to make ready, to prepare
- Both verbs denote making something ready. παρασκευάζω is used of preparing a meal as well as general readiness, while ἑτοιμάζω denotes achieving a state of readiness more generally. The two verbs converge on the core sense of preparation, with a subtle difference between the act of furnishing or providing and the resulting state of readiness.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- To prepare a meal, to get a meal ready46.12
- This domain covers παρασκευάζω naming the act of readying food, as Luke describes the household making a meal for Peter's visit: “But he became hungry and wanted to eat; but while they were making preparations, he fell into a trance.” (Acts 10:10)
- To be ready, to make ready, to become ready, to prepare77.8
- Here παρασκευάζω names a general readiness for what is to come, as Paul illustrates the need for clarity using a battlefield image: “For if the trumpet produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare himself for battle?” (1 Corinthians 14:8)
Word family 7 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon perfect passive παρεσκεύασμαι; future middle παρασκευάσομαι; from Herodotus down; to make…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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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