παρασκευή
paraskeuḗ · G3904 · Greek · 6 occurrences
Meanings
-
day of preparation, Friday
A day on which preparations were made for a sacred or feast day
ExamplesMatthew 27:62 Now on the next day, that is, the day which is after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together with Pilate,
Mark 15:42 When evening had already come, since it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
Luke 23:54 It was a preparation day, and a Sabbath was about to begin.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- Ἰουδαῖοςa Jew, Jewish 1
- πάσχαthe Passover 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εἰμίto be 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ὅστιςwhoever, whichever, whatever 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- διάthrough 2
- μετάwith, after 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἡμέραday 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.
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.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Day of preparation, Friday67.201
- παρασκευή names the specific day preceding the Sabbath, as Matthew marks the timing of the guard placed at Jesus's tomb: “Now on the next day, that is, the day which is after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together with Pilate.” (Matthew 27:62)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon παρασκευῆς, ἡ, from Herodotus down; 1. a making ready, preparation, equipping. 2. that…
1. a making ready, preparation, equipping.
2. that which is prepared, equipment.
3. in the N. T. in a Jewish sense, the day of preparation, i. e. the day on which the Jews made the necessary preparation to celebrate a sabbath or a feast: Mt 27:62; Mk 15:42; Lk 23:54; Jn 19:31 (Josephus, Antiquities 16, 6, 2); with a genitive of the object, τοῦ πάσχα (according to Winer's Grammar, 189 (177f) a possessive genitive), Jn 19:14 (cf. Rückert, Abendmahl, p. 31f); with a genitive of the subjunctive, τῶν Ἰουδαίων, ibid. 42. Cf. Bleek, Beiträge zur Evangelienkritik, p. 114ff; (on later usage cf. 'Teaching 8, 1 [ET] (and Harnack's note); Martyr. Polycarp, 7, 1 [ET] (and Zahn's note); Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word, 3).
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
New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org.