παρεισφέρω
pareisphérō · G3923 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to do one’s best, to make every effort to, to try as hard as possible
(An idiom, literally: to bring every effort to) To do one’s very best in attempting to do something
Examples2 Peter 1:5 Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge,
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
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (participle) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- σπουδήeagerness, diligence 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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Semantic domains 1 entry
- To do one’s best, to make every effort to, to try as hard as possible68.64
- παρεισφέρω names the exertion of full effort in pursuit of a goal, as Peter urges believers to supplement their faith with active virtue: “Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge.” (2 Peter 1:5)
Word family 31 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 1 aorist παρεισήνεγκα; a. to bring in besides (Demosthenes, others). b. to contribute…
a. to bring in besides (Demosthenes, others).
b. to contribute besides to something: σπουδήν, 2 Pet 1:5 (R. V. adding on your part).
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
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