verb

Greekπαραλέγομαι (paralegomai)

Biblang

paralegomō

Strong’sG3881

I coast along, sail along

stem paraleg-2 times in the New Testament2 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

* παρα-λέγω,

to lay beside; mid.,

(a) to lie beside (Hom.);

(b) later, of sailors, to sail past: c. acc., Ac 27:8, 13.†

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

Strong’s G3881 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpar-al-eg'-om-ahee

(specially), to lay one's course near, i.e. sail past

Fromfrom G3844 and the middle voice of G3004 (in its original sense);

King Jamespass, sail by.

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

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

παραλέγω,
pluck out superfluous hair, Refs 5th c.AD+:—passive, παραλέλεξαι you have had your eyebrows plucked. Refs 5th c.BC+
II middle, παραλέγεσθαι τὴν γῆν sail or coast along, NT+4th c.BC+
III speak beside the purpose, wander in one's talk, rave, πολλὰ π. Refs 5th c.BC+ —middle, παραλεξάμενος speaking beside the point, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2 speak incidentally, μῦθον Refs 1st c.AD+:—passive, to be cited, ἐπὶ παραδείγματος Refs 4th c.BC+
III.3 add to what one has said, Refs 1st c.AD+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

sailed1×sailing past1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
paralegoleπαρελέγοντο	was happening · theyimperfect middle or passive indicative 3rd person plural	sailed	1×
paralegorōntoisπαραλεγόμενοι	happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative plural masculine	sailing past	1×

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 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	paralegomō	paralegome	paralegomē	paralegomelē
you 2nd person singular	paralegosō	paralegose	paralegosē	paralegoselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	paralegotō	paralegote	paralegotē	paralegotelē
we 1st person plural	paralegonō	paralegone	paralegonē	paralegonelē
ye 2nd person plural	paralegovō	paralegove	paralegovē	paralegovelē
they 3rd person plural	paralegolō	paralegole1×παρελέγοντο	paralegolē	paralegolelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	paralegomeiō	paralegomeiē
you 2nd person singular	paralegoseiō	paralegoseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	paralegoteiō	paralegoteiē
we 1st person plural	paralegoneiō	paralegoneiē
ye 2nd person plural	paralegoveiō	paralegoveiē
they 3rd person plural	paralegoleiō	paralegoleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	paralegosōr	paralegosēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	paralegotōr	paralegotēr
ye 2nd person plural	paralegovōr	paralegovēr
they 3rd person plural	paralegolōr	paralegolēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present
I 1st person singular	paralegomoiō
you 2nd person singular	paralegosoiō
he/she/it 3rd person singular	paralegotoiō
we 1st person plural	paralegonoiō
ye 2nd person plural	paralegovoiō
they 3rd person plural	paralegoloiō

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice	paralegorō			paralegorē

Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice	paralegorōntos1×			paralegorēntos

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

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

paraleg 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

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

paralegole“sailed”was happening · theyimperfect middle or passive indicative 3rd person plural1×

Acts 27:13… dokarantois tau prothesiau kratarē airarantois asson paralegole tan Krētan.… opportunity. So they weighed anchor and sailed along, hugging the coast of Crete.

paralegorōntois“sailing past”happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative plural masculine1×

Acts 27:8“sailing past”molis tē paralegorōntois autan erchana eis topon tinon kalorōnton …… the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens …