adjective

paraplēsiem

Greekπαραπλήσιον (paraplēsion)

Strong’sG3897

near to, nearly

stem paraplēsi-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

nearly1×

What it means

* παρα-πλήσιος, -α, -ον (Hdt., Plat., al.; also -ος, -ον, Thuc., Polyb.),

coming near, nearly resembling. Neut. -ον, adverbially, = ίως, in a way nearly resembling: c. dat., Phl 2:27.†

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

Strong’s G3897 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpar-ap-lay'-see-on

close by, i.e. (figuratively) almost

Fromneuter of a compound of G3844 and the base of G4139 (as adverb);

King Jamesnigh unto.

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

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	paraplēsios	paraplēsias	paraplēsiem1×παραπλήσιον	paraplēsiois	paraplēsiais	paraplēsieim
object accusative	paraplēsion	paraplēsian		paraplēsioin	paraplēsiain
direct address vocative	paraplēsior	paraplēsiar		paraplēsioir	paraplēsiair
of, belonging to genitive	paraplēsiou	paraplēsiau	paraplēsieu	paraplēsioiu	paraplēsiaiu	paraplēsieiu
to, for dative	paraplēsio	paraplēsia	paraplēsie	paraplēsioi	paraplēsiai	paraplēsiei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

paraplēsistem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

paraplēsi 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

paraplēsiem“nearly”subject or objectdirect singular1×

Philippians 2:27“nearly”kai gar asthenata paraplēsiem thanato; alla tos theos elēata auton, ouk auton de monon alla kai min, hina mē lupan epi lupan echameia.He was sick indeed, nearly unto death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow.