Word Summary
paraginomai: to be beside, to arrive
Original Word: παραγίνομαιTransliteration: paraginomai
Phonetic Spelling: (par-ag-in'-om-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be beside, to arrive
Meaning: to be beside, to arrive
Strong's Concordance
come, go, be present.
From para and ginomai; to become near, i.e. Approach (have arrived); by implication, to appear publicly -- come, go, be present.
see GREEK para
see GREEK ginomai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3854: παραγίνομαιπαραγίνομαι; imperfect 3 person plural
παρεγίνοντο (
John 3:23); 2 aorist
παρεγενόμην; from
Homer down; the
Sept. for
בּוא; (properly,
to become near, to place oneself by the side of, hence)
to be present, to come near, approach : absolutely,
Matthew 3:1 (but in edition 1 Prof. Grimm (more appropriately) associates this with
Hebrews 9:11;
Luke 12:51 below); Luke (
); ; John 3:23; Acts 5:21f, 25; Acts 9:39; Acts 10:32 (R G Tr marginal reading brackets), ; ; 1 Corinthians 16:3; followed by ἀπό with the genitive of place and εἰς with the accusative of place, Matthew 2:1; Acts 13:14; by ἀπό with the genitive of place and ἐπί with accusative of place and πρός with the accusative of person Matthew 3:13; by παρά with the genitive of person (i. e. sent by one (cf. Winer's Grammar, 365 (342))), Mark 14:43; by πρός τινα, Luke 7:4, 20; Luke 8:19; Acts 20:18; πρός τινα ἐκ with the genitive of place, Luke 11:6; by εἰς with the accusative of place, John 8:2; Acts 9:26 (here Lachmann ἐν); ; by ἐπί τινα (against, see ἐπί, C. I. 2 g. γ. ββ.), Luke 22:52 (Tdf. πρός). equivalent to to come forth, make one's public appearance, of teachers: of the Messiah, absolutely, Hebrews 9:11; followed by an infinitive denoting the purpose, Luke 12:51; (of John the Baptist, Matthew 3:1 (see above)). equivalent to to be present with help (R. V. "to take one's part]"], with a dative of the person 2 Timothy 4:16 L T Tr WH. (Compare: συμπαραγίνομαι.)