noun · feminine

paraskeuas

Greekπαρασκευή (paraskeuē)

Strong’sG3904

the day before the Sabbath

stem paraskeu-6 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

day of preparation3×the day of preparation2×preparation1×

What it means

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.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	paraskeuas3×παρασκευὴ	paraskeuais
object accusative	paraskeuan2×παρασκευήν	paraskeuain
direct address vocative	paraskeuar	paraskeuair
of, belonging to genitive	paraskeuau1×παρασκευῆς	paraskeuaiu
to, for dative	paraskeua	paraskeuai

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

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

paraskeua 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

6 occurrences, every one of them listed

paraskeuas“the day of preparation”subjectnominative singular3×

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

John 19:14“the day of preparation”ate de paraskeuas teu pascha, hōras ate hōs hektas. kai legatō toi Ioudaioi; Ide tos basilevos vu.It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”

John 19:31“the day of preparation”Tois oun Ioudaiois, epei paraskeuas ate, hina mē menateia epi tou staurou teim sōmeim en te sabbate, ate gar megas tas hēmeras ekeineu teu sabbateu, erōtala ton Pilaton hina katagnuileia autoiu teim skeleim kai airileia.It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.

paraskeuan“day of preparation”objectaccusative singular2×

Matthew 27:62“day of preparation”Ta de epaurion, hotinas atō meta tan paraskeuan, sunagila tois archierevois kai tois Farisaiois pros PilatonThe next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.

John 19:42“day of preparation”ekei oun dia tan paraskeuan toiu Ioudaioiu, hoti engus ate tem mnēmeiem, tithala ton Iēsun.And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.

paraskeuau“preparation”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Luke 23:54“preparation”kai hēmeras ate paraskeuau, kai sabbatem epifōskate.It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was beginning.