Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

παρά

Vocabulary form: 
parav
Definition: 

gen: from;
dat: beside, in the presence of;
acc: alongside of

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.

Mnemonics

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.

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"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.

Biblical Concordance

1 Thessalonians 4:1 Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from (par | παρ᾿ | prep-gen) us how you ought to live so as to please God (even as you are doing), that you do so more and more.
2 Thessalonians 1:6 For it is a righteous thing for (para | παρά | prep-dat) God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
2 Thessalonians 3:6 But we charge you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to stay away from any brother who conducts himself in a disorderly manner and not according to the tradition that they received from (par | παρ᾿ | prep-gen) us.
2 Thessalonians 3:8 nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead we kept working night and day with toil and hardship, so we would not be a burden to any of you,
2 Timothy 1:13 Hold to the pattern of healthy words that you have heard from (par | παρ᾿ | prep-gen) me in the faith and the love that is in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 1:18 May the Lord grant him to find mercy from (para | παρά | prep-gen) the Lord on that day. And the services he performed in Ephesus you know very well.
2 Timothy 2:2 and what you have heard from (par | παρ᾿ | prep-gen) me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these things to faithful men, who will also be able to teach others.
2 Timothy 3:14 But you, remain in what you have learned and have been convinced of, knowing from (para | παρά | prep-gen) whom you learned
2 Timothy 4:13 Bring the cloak that I left in Troas with (para | παρά | prep-dat) Carpus when you come and the books, especially the parchments.
Hebrews 1:4 having been exalted as far above the angels as the name he inherited is more noble than (par | παρ᾿ | prep-acc) theirs.
Hebrews 1:9 You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond (para | παρά | prep-acc) your companions.”
Hebrews 2:7 You made him for a little while lower than (par | παρ᾿ | prep-acc) the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor,
Hebrews 2:9 But we do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than (par | παρ᾿ | prep-acc) the angels, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor.
Hebrews 3:3 For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than (para | παρά | prep-acc) Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.
Hebrews 9:23 Thus it was necessary that earthly copies of the heavenly realities be purified by these rites, but the heavenly realities themselves with better sacrifices than (para | παρά | prep-acc) these.
Hebrews 11:4 By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than (para | παρά | prep-acc) Cain, through which faith he was attested as righteous, God himself showing his approval by accepting his gifts. And though he died, he still speaks through his faith.
Hebrews 11:11 By faith Abraham was enabled to become a father — even though Sarah herself was sterile and beyond (para | παρά | prep-acc) the normal age of childbearing — because he regarded as faithful the one who had made the promise.
Hebrews 11:12 And so it was that from this one man, and he was already impotent, there were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven in number and as innumerable as the grains of sand along (para | παρά | prep-acc) the shore of the sea
Hebrews 12:24 and to Jesus, mediator of a new covenant, and to sprinkled blood speaking more effectively than (para | παρά | prep-acc) the blood of Abel.
James 1:5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to everyone generously, not demanding something in return, and it will be given to him.
James 1:7 For that person must not imagine that he will receive anything from (para | παρά | prep-gen) the Lord;
James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with (par | παρ᾿ | prep-dat) whom there is no variation or shadow caused by change.
James 1:27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before (para | παρά | prep-dat) God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their time of trouble, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
1 Peter 2:4 As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but chosen by (para | παρά | prep-dat) God and precious,
1 Peter 2:20 For what praise is there if, when you do wrong and are beaten for it, you endure it? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure it, this is commendable in (para | παρά | prep-dat) God’s sight (para | παρά | prep-dat).
2 Peter 1:17 For he received honor and glory from (para | παρά | prep-gen) God the Father when a voice borne to him by the Majestic Glory proclaimed: “This is my Son, my Beloved, on whom my favor rests.”
2 Peter 2:11 whereas angels, although greater in strength and power, do not bring a slanderous judgment against them before (para | παρά | prep-gen) the Lord.
2 Peter 3:8 But do not let this one thing escape your notice, dear friends, that one day with (para | παρά | prep-dat) the Lord is as a thousand years and a thousand years are as a single day.
2 John 1:3 Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from (para | παρά | prep-gen) God the Father and from (para | παρά | prep-gen) Jesus Christ the Son of the Father, in truth and in love.
2 John 1:4 I rejoiced greatly because I have found some of your children walking in the truth, just as we received commandment from (para | παρά | prep-gen) the Father.
Revelation 2:13 I know where you live, where Satan has his throne. Yet you are holding fast to my name, and you did not deny your faith in me even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness, who was put to death in (par | παρ᾿ | prep-dat) your city where Satan lives.
Revelation 2:28 even as I myself have received authority from (para | παρά | prep-gen) my Father. I will also give him the morning star.
Revelation 3:18 I counsel you to buy from (par | παρ᾿ | prep-gen) me gold refined by fire so you can be rich; and white garments to clothe yourself so your shameful nakedness will not be exposed; and salve to put on your eyes so you can see!

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