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preposition

parektos

Greekπαρεκτός (parektos)

Strong’sG3924

besides, outside, without

stem parekt-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books

Translated as

except1×except for1×external1×

What it means

**† παρ-εκτός, = cl. παρέκ, -έξ,

[in Aq.: De 1:36; Al., Le 23:38*;]

1. as adv., besides, in addition: τὰ π. (sc. γινόμενα), II Co 11:28.
2. As prep. c. gen., except: Mt 5:32 19:9 (WH, mg., R, mg.), Ac 26:29.†

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

Strong’s G3924 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpar-ek-tos'

near outside, i.e. besides

Fromfrom G3844 and G1622;

King Jamesexcept, saving, without.

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

Every form

This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

parektos3×

Matthew 5:32“except”mis de legamō vi hoti pantos tos apoluarōtos tan gunaikan autou parektos logou porneiau poiatō autan moicheuira, kai hos ean apoluirētan gamateia moichetō.But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her. And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Acts 26:29“except for”tos de Paulos; Euchemoia an to theo kai en olige kai en mege ouk monon sin alla kai pantoin toin akouarōtoin mu sēmeron ginera toioutoin hopoios kai mis amō parektos toiu desmoiu houtoiu.“Short time or long,” Paul replied, “I wish to God that not only you but all who hear me this day may become what I am, except for these chains.”

2 Corinthians 11:28“external”chōris teiu parektos tas epistasias mi tas kata hēmeran, tas merimnas pantaiu taiu ekklēsaiu.Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.