King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3879
Transliteration: parakyptō
Phonetic Spelling: (par-ak-oop'-to)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to stoop sideways, to stoop to look
Meaning: to stoop sideways, to stoop to look
παρακύπτω: 1 aorist παρεκυψα; to stoop to (cf. παρά, IV. 1) "a thing in order to look at it; to look at with head bowed forward; to look into with the body bent; to stoop and look into": Luke 24:12 (T omits; L Tr brackets; WH reject the verse); John 20:5; εἰς τό μνημεῖον, John 20:11; metaphorically, to look carefully into, inspect curiously, εἰς τί, of one who would become acquainted with something, James 1:25; 1 Peter 1:12. (Aristophanes, Theocritus, Philo, Dio Cass., Plutarch, others; the Sept..)
Word Summary
parakyptō: to stoop sideways, to stoop to look
Original Word: παρακύπτωTransliteration: parakyptō
Phonetic Spelling: (par-ak-oop'-to)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to stoop sideways, to stoop to look
Meaning: to stoop sideways, to stoop to look
Strong's Concordance
look into, stoop down. From para and kupto; to bend beside, i.e. Lean over (so as to peer within) -- look (into), stoop down.
see GREEK para
see GREEK kupto
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3879: παρακύπτωπαρακύπτω: 1 aorist παρεκυψα; to stoop to (cf. παρά, IV. 1) "a thing in order to look at it; to look at with head bowed forward; to look into with the body bent; to stoop and look into": Luke 24:12 (T omits; L Tr brackets; WH reject the verse); John 20:5; εἰς τό μνημεῖον, John 20:11; metaphorically, to look carefully into, inspect curiously, εἰς τί, of one who would become acquainted with something, James 1:25; 1 Peter 1:12. (Aristophanes, Theocritus, Philo, Dio Cass., Plutarch, others; the Sept..)