verb

parakeiemō

Greekπαράκειμαι (parakeimai)

Strong’sG3873

I am present with, rest with

stem parakei-2 times in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

present2×

What it means

** παρά-κειμαι,

[in LXX: Jdt.3.2, 3, Si 30:18 34 (31):16, Da LXX Bel 1:14, II, III Mac5*;]

to lie beside, be near, be present: Ro 7:18, 21.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3873 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpar-ak'-i-mahee

to lie near, i.e. be at hand (figuratively, be prompt or easy)

Fromfrom G3844 and G2749;

King Jamesbe present.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
parakeietōπαράκειταί	happening now · he/she/itpresent middle indicative 3rd person singular	present	2×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	parakeiemō	parakeieme	parakeiemi	parakeiema	parakeiemē	parakeiemelē
you 2nd person singular	parakeiesō	parakeiese	parakeiesi	parakeiesa	parakeiesē	parakeieselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	parakeietō2×παράκειταί	parakeiete	parakeieti	parakeieta	parakeietē	parakeietelē
we 1st person plural	parakeienō	parakeiene	parakeieni	parakeiena	parakeienē	parakeienelē
ye 2nd person plural	parakeievō	parakeieve	parakeievi	parakeieva	parakeievē	parakeievelē
they 3rd person plural	parakeielō	parakeiele	parakeieli	parakeiela	parakeielē	parakeielelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	parakeiemeiō	parakeiemeia	parakeiemeiē
you 2nd person singular	parakeieseiō	parakeieseia	parakeieseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	parakeieteiō	parakeieteia	parakeieteiē
we 1st person plural	parakeieneiō	parakeieneia	parakeieneiē
ye 2nd person plural	parakeieveiō	parakeieveia	parakeieveiē
they 3rd person plural	parakeieleiō	parakeieleia	parakeieleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	parakeiesōr	parakeiesar	parakeiesēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	parakeietōr	parakeietar	parakeietēr
ye 2nd person plural	parakeievōr	parakeievar	parakeievēr
they 3rd person plural	parakeielōr	parakeielar	parakeielēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	parakeiemoiō	parakeiemoia
you 2nd person singular	parakeiesoiō	parakeiesoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	parakeietoiō	parakeietoia
we 1st person plural	parakeienoiō	parakeienoia
ye 2nd person plural	parakeievoiō	parakeievoia
they 3rd person plural	parakeieloiō	parakeieloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	parakeierō	parakeieri	parakeiera	parakeierē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	parakeierōtos	parakeieritos	parakeieratos	parakeierētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

parakeistem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

parakei is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

parakeietō“present”happening now · he/she/itpresent middle indicative 3rd person singular2×

Romans 7:18“present”oidamē gar hoti ouk oikatō en mi, houtem atō en ta sarxa mu, agathem; tem gar thelarō parakeietō mi, tem de katergazerō tem kalem ou;I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.

Romans 7:21“present”Heuriskamō ara ton nomon to thelarōto mi poiarō tem kalem hoti mi tem kakem parakeietō;So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.