παρίημι
paríēmi · G3935 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to avoid, to overlook doing
To allow not to do
ExamplesLuke 11:42 “But woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every kind of garden herb, and yet you ignore justice and the love of God; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.
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to be weak, to be weakened
To suffer weakness or disability in some part of the body
ExamplesHebrews 12:12 Therefore, strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble,
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 is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀνορθόωto restore 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 2 words
- ἐκλύω eklýō · G1590 · to become extremely weary, to give out, to faint from exhaustion
- ἐκλύω overlaps significantly with παρίημι in the sense of 'to become weak/weary' or 'to relax/lose strength,' particularly in physical contexts. Both can describe the weakening or slackening of bodily strength, though ἐκλύω may emphasize exhaustion more strongly.
- ἀμελέω ameléō · G272 · to neglect, to disregard, to pay no attention to
- ἀμελέω shares with παρίημι the semantic domain of 'neglecting' or 'overlooking' something that should be attended to. Both verbs can describe failing to give proper attention or care to a matter, though ἀμελέω more explicitly emphasizes carelessness or deliberate neglect.
Contrasting words 1 word
- ἐνισχύω enischýō · G1765 · to strengthen again, to cause strength to return, to regain strength
- ἐνισχύω is the lexical opposite of παρίημι in its 'weaken' sense: where παρίημι means 'to let go slack, to weaken,' ἐνισχύω means 'to strengthen, make strong.' This is a direct antonymic pair in the domain of strength versus weakness.
In the other Testament 1 word
- רָפָה râphâh · H7503 · to grow weak, to be discouraged
- Hebrew רָפָה (rāpâ) shares the core sense of 'to relax, let go, become weak' with παρίημι, particularly in contexts of letting something slacken or weakening (e.g., hands becoming slack/weak in Heb 12:12 where παρίημι appears). Both verbs denote the action of releasing tension or allowing weakness.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- To avoid, to overlook doing13.145
- This domain covers παρίημι naming the deliberate omission of a required action, as Jesus rebukes the Pharisees for their selective attention to the law: “‘But woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every kind of garden herb, and yet you ignore justice and the love of God; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.’” (Luke 11:42)
- To be weak, to be weakened23.174
- Here παρίημι names a state of physical or moral weakness needing strengthening, as the writer of Hebrews urges renewed resolve: “Therefore, strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble.” (Hebrews 12:12)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 2 aorist infinitive παρεῖναι (Lk 11:42 L T Tr WH); perfect passive participle…
1. to let pass; to pass by, neglect (very often in Greek writings from Pindar, Aeschyl, Herodotus down), to disregard, omit: τί, Lk 11:42 (R G ἀφιέναι) (ἁμαρτήματα, to pass oreo, let go unpunished, Sir. 23:2; (τιμωρίαν, Lycurgus, 148, 41)).
2. to relax, loosen, let go (see παρά, IV. 2) (e. g. a bow); perfect passive participle παρειμένος, relaxed, unstrung, weakened, exhausted (Euripides, Plato, Diodorus, Plutarch, others): χεῖρες, Heb 12:12; Sir. 2:13 Sir. 25:23, cf. Zeph 3:16; Jer 4:31; ἀργοί καί παρείμενοι ἐπί ἀργόν ἀγαθόν, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 34, 4 [ET] cf. 1. Cf. παραλύω.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
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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