paraskevas

Strong’sG3904

the day before the Sabbath

stem paraskev-6 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 10 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-σκευή, -ῆς, ἡ,

[in LXX: Ex 35:24 39:22 (42) (עֲבֹדָה, with v.l., ἀποσκ-, κατασκ-), Jth 2:17 4:5, I Mac 9:35 א, II Mac 15:21*;]

1. preparation.

2. equipment (Jth 2:17 4:5).

3. In Jewish usage, the day of preparation for a Sabbath or a feast (= προσάββατον, q.v.): Mt 27:62, Mk 15:42, Lk 23:54, Jo 19:31; c. gen., τοῦ πάσχα, Jo 19:14; τ. Ἰουδαίων, Jo 19:42 (it is the name for Friday in MGr.).†

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

Strong’s G3904 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpar-ask-yoo-ay'

readiness

Fromas if from G3903;

King Jamespreparation.

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

παρασκευ-ή, ἡ,
preparation, δείπνου Refs 5th c.BC+; παρασκευὴν σίτου παραγγείλας having ordered corn to be prepared, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐν τούτῳ παρασκευῆς ἦσαν in this state of preparation, Refs 5th c.BC+; preparation, practice, as of a speaker preparing his speech, Refs 5th c.BC+; λέγειν ἀπὸ παρασκευῆς, opposed to αὐτοσχεδίως, Refs 2nd c.AD+; also, in a speech, preparatory section, Refs 4th c.BC+
b with Preps., ἐκ παρασκευῆς of set purpose, by arrangement, Refs 5th c.BC+; μάχη ἐγένετο ἐκ π. a pitched battle, Refs 5th c.BC+; δι᾽ ὀλίγης παρασκευῆς at short notice, offhand, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἦσαν ἐν π. πολέμου were engaged in preparing for it (compare κατασκευή), Refs 5th c.BC+
2 providing, procuring, φίλων καὶ οὐσίας Refs; ὑγιείας σώματι π. Refs; way or means of providing, τίς.. τέχνη τῆς π. τοῦ μηδὲν ἀδικεῖσθα; Refs; δύ᾽ εἶναι τὰς π. ἐπὶ τὸ θεραπεύεινRefs 5th c.BC+
3 intrigue, cabal, for the purpose of gaining a verdict or carrying a measure, Refs 5th c.BC+
II that which is prepared, equipage, πλοῦτοί τε καὶ πᾶσα ἡ τοιαύτη π. Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 frequently in military sense (see. above Refsarmament, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἵπποι καὶ ὅπλα καὶ ἡ ἄλλη π. Refs 5th c.BC+; γίγνεσθαι τὰς παρασκευὰς ἐποίης αI got the armaments ready for service, Refs 4th c.BC+; αἱ πρὸς πόλεμον π. Refs 4th c.BC+
II.3 generally, power, means, Refs 5th c.BC+; natural equipment, Refs 2nd c.AD+; of the physical constitution of a new-born infant, Refs 2nd c.AD+; of mental faculties, predisposition, δύναμις καὶ π. Refs 3rd c.AD+
III among the Jews, the day of Preparation, before the sabbath of the Passover, NT

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.

day of preparation3×the day of preparation2×preparation1×

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

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	paraskevas3×παρασκευὴ	paraskevais
object accusative	paraskevan2×παρασκευήν	paraskevain
direct address vocative	paraskevar	paraskevair
of, belonging to genitive	paraskevau1×παρασκευῆς	paraskevaiu
to, for dative	paraskeva	paraskevai

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

paraskevstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

paraskeva 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.

6 occurrences, every one of them listed

paraskevas“the day of preparation”subjectnominative singular3×

Mark 15:42“day of preparation”Kai ēdē opsēau generantau, epei ate paraskevas, hem atō prosabbatem,… it was already evening. Since it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath ),

John 19:14ate de paraskevas teu pascha, hōras ate hōs hektas. …It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth …

John 19:31Tois oun Ioudaiois, epei paraskevas ate, hina mē menateia epi tou …It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a …

paraskevan“day of preparation”objectaccusative singular2×

Matthew 27:62“day of preparation”… de epaurion, hotinas atō meta tan paraskevan, sunagila tois archierevois kai tois Farisaiois …The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before …

John 19:42ekei oun dia tan paraskevan toiu Ioudaioiu, hoti engus ate tem …And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they …

paraskevau“preparation”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Luke 23:54kai hēmeras ate paraskevau, kai sabbatem epifōskate.It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was beginning.