For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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παρά
Vocabulary form:
parav
Definition:
gen: from;
dat: beside, in the presence of;
acc: alongside of
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
194
GK:
4123
Cognates:
A paragraph (paravgrafoV) was originally a line in the margin beside the writing that marked a division.
Mnemonics:
Joy comes from the Paraclete.
I want to be in the presence of the Paraclete.
The Paraclete comes alongside of us.
Mnemonic Singing:
Angels from the realms of glory,
wing your flight o'er all the earth.
Biblical Concordance
| Acts 9:43 | And he stayed a number of days in Joppa with (para | παρά | prep-dat) a certain Simon, a tanner. |
| Acts 10:6 | He is lodging with (para | παρά | prep-dat) a man named Simon, a tanner, whose house is by (para | παρά | prep-acc) the sea.” |
| Acts 10:22 | And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright man and one who fears God, who is well spoken of by the whole nation of the Jews, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to hear words from (para | παρά | prep-gen) you.” |
| Acts 10:32 | Send therefore to Joppa and invite Simon who is called Peter. He is staying in the house of Simon, a tanner, by (para | παρά | prep-acc) the sea.’ |
| Acts 16:13 | And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to (para | παρά | prep-acc) the riverside, where we thought there would be a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had gathered there. |
| Acts 17:9 | And when they had taken bail from (para | παρά | prep-gen) Jason and the others, they let them go. |
| Acts 18:3 | and because he was of the same trade he stayed with (par | παρ᾿ | prep-dat) them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade. |
| Acts 18:13 | saying, “This man is persuading men to worship God in a way contrary (para | παρά | prep-acc) to (para | παρά | prep-acc) the law.” |
| Acts 20:24 | But I make my life of no account as of any value to me, that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from (para | παρά | prep-gen) the Lord Jesus, to testify the good news of the grace of God. |
| Acts 21:7 | And having completed the voyage from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and we greeted the brothers and stayed one day with (par | παρ᾿ | prep-dat) them. |
| Acts 21:8 | On the next day we departed and went to Caesarea. There we went into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with (par | παρ᾿ | prep-dat) him. |
| Acts 21:16 | And some of the disciples from Caesarea came with us, bringing Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with (par | παρ᾿ | prep-dat) whom we should lodge. |
| Acts 22:3 | “I am a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at (para | παρά | prep-acc) the feet of Gamaliel, educated according to the strictness of the ancestral law, being zealous for God just as you all are today. |
| Acts 22:5 | as also the high priest and the whole council of elders can bear me witness. From (par | παρ᾿ | prep-gen) them I received letters to the brothers, and I went toward Damascus to take those also who were there and bring them in bonds to Jerusalem to be punished. |
| Acts 24:8 | When you examine him yourself, you will be able to learn from (par | παρ᾿ | prep-gen) him about all these things of which we are accusing him.” |
| Acts 26:8 | Why is it thought incredible among (par | παρ᾿ | prep-dat) you that God raises the dead? |
| Acts 26:10 | And I did so in Jerusalem; not only did I lock up in prison many of the saints, after receiving authority from (para | παρά | prep-gen) the chief priests, and when they were put to death I cast my vote against them. |
| Acts 28:14 | where we found brethren, and were invited to stay with (par | παρ᾿ | prep-dat) them seven days. And so we went toward Rome. |
| Acts 28:22 | But we desire to hear from (para | παρά | prep-gen) you what you think, for with regard to this sect it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.” |
| Romans 1:25 | They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather (para | παρά | prep-acc) than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. |
| Romans 1:26 | For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions. Their women exchanged the natural sexual function for one that is unnatural (para | παρά | prep-acc), |
| Romans 2:11 | there is no favoritism with (para | παρά | prep-dat) God: |
| Romans 2:13 | for it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before (para | παρά | prep-dat) God, but the doers of the law who will be declared righteous. |
| Romans 4:18 | Hoping against hope, Abraham believed that he would become the father of many nations according to what had been spoken, “So will your descendants be.” |
| Romans 9:14 | What then shall we say? Is there not injustice on God’s part (para | παρά | prep-dat)? By no means! |
| Romans 11:24 | For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted contrary (para | παρά | prep-acc) to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree? |
| Romans 11:25 | I do not want you to be uninformed, my brothers, of this mystery — so that you may not be wise in (par | παρ᾿ | prep-dat) your own conceits — that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. |
| Romans 11:27 | “And this will be my covenant with them, when I take away their sins.” |
| Romans 12:3 | For by the grace given to me I say to every one among you that he should not think of himself more highly than (par | παρ᾿ | prep-acc) he ought to think; but to think with sober judgment, as God has assigned to each a measure of faith. |
| Romans 12:16 | Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in (par | παρ᾿ | prep-dat) your own estimation. |
| Romans 14:5 | one person regards one day more sacred than (par | παρ᾿ | prep-acc) another, while another person regards all days the same. Each person must be fully convinced in his own mind. |
| Romans 16:17 | Now I urge you, brethren, to watch out for people who cause divisions and upset people’s faith contrary (para | παρά | prep-acc) to the teaching that you have received. Avoid them. |
| 1 Corinthians 3:11 | For no one is able to lay a foundation other than (para | παρά | prep-acc) that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. |
| 1 Corinthians 3:19 | For the wisdom of this world is folly with (para | παρά | prep-dat) God. For it is written, “He traps the wise with their own craftiness.” |
| 1 Corinthians 7:24 | Each one in the condition in which he was called, brothers, in that condition let him remain with (para | παρά | prep-dat) God. |
| 1 Corinthians 12:15 | If the foot should say, “Since I am not a hand, I am not part of the body,” it would not for (para | παρά | prep-acc) that reason cease to be part of the body. |
| 1 Corinthians 12:16 | And if the ear should say, “Since I am not an eye, I am not part of the body,” it would not for (para | παρά | prep-acc) that reason cease to be part of the body. |
| 1 Corinthians 16:2 | On the first day of the week, each of you should put something aside (par | παρ᾿ | prep-dat) as he may prosper and save it, so that when I come, collections will not have to be made. |
| 2 Corinthians 1:17 | Therefore when I was planning this, I was not capricious, was I? Or the things I plan, do I plan according to the flesh, so that with (par | παρ᾿ | prep-dat) me it would be “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time? |
| 2 Corinthians 8:3 | For — as I can testify — they gave according to their means, and even beyond (para | παρά | prep-acc) their means; acting spontaneously, |
| 2 Corinthians 11:24 | Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes less (para | παρά | prep-acc) one. |
| Galatians 1:8 | But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach a gospel at odds with (par | παρ᾿ | prep-acc) the one we already preached to you, let him be accursed. |
| Galatians 1:9 | As we have said before, and now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel at odds with (par | παρ᾿ | prep-acc) the one you have already received, let him be accursed. |
| Galatians 1:12 | For I did not receive it from (para | παρά | prep-gen) man, nor was I taught it; instead I received it by a revelation from Jesus Christ. |
| Galatians 3:11 | Now it is clear that no one is justified before (para | παρά | prep-dat) God by the law, because “it is by faith that the righteous person will live.” |
| Ephesians 6:8 | knowing that each person, if he does something good, will be repaid by (para | παρά | prep-gen) the Lord for this, whether he is a slave or free. |
| Ephesians 6:9 | And masters, do the same to them, giving up the use of threats, knowing that the one who is both their master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no favoritism with (par | παρ᾿ | prep-dat) him. |
| Philippians 4:18 | I have received all I need and more. I am well supplied, having received from (para | παρά | prep-gen) Epaphroditus the gift you sent (par | παρ᾿ | prep-gen), a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God. |
| Colossians 4:16 | And after this letter has been read among (par | παρ᾿ | prep-dat) you, this letter see that it is read also in the church of the Laodiceans, church and that you read the one from Laodicea that as well. you read |
| 1 Thessalonians 2:13 | And for this reason we also constantly thank God, that when you received the word of God which you heard from (par | παρ᾿ | prep-gen) us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it truly is, the word of God, which even now is doing its work in you who believe. |
Mnemonics
Mnemonic for Para
We learn about paradise from Genesis,
The seventh day Adam was beside Eve, and in the presence of God.
Then the accuser came along side of Eve.
This is brilliant!! Thank you
This is brilliant!! Thank you for sharing!
"para" means alongside in
"para" means alongside in English words dealing with a profession.
"Paramedic" works alongside a doctor
"Paralegal" works alongside a lawyer
"paraprofessional" works alongside a teacher, etc.