παρά para

Greek word for “from/with/beside” · Strong’s G3844 · used 193 times in 182 verses

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Meaning

παρά, prep. with genitive, dative, accusative;

How it is translated

Glosses given for para in context, with how often each is used:

• from 70
• with 39
• by 13
• beside 9
• at 9
• along 6
• beyond 6
• contrary to 6
• than 6
• of 4
• among 3
• above 3

Where it is used

Also in 9 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 8 (5), John 1 (4), James 1 (4), Matthew 2 (3), Matthew 13 (3), Mark 4 (3), Luke 1 (3), Luke 18 (3), John 4 (3), John 5 (3)

Forms

• παρὰ 131
• παρ᾽ 59
• παρά 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with para more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• λαμβάνω lambanō “to take” 20
• πατήρ patēr “father” 21
• ἀκούω akouō “to hear” 19
• μένω menō “to stay” 11
• ἐξέρχομαι exerchomai “to go out” 13
• ἡμέρα hēmera “day” 15
• θάλασσα thalassa “sea” 10
• πούς pous “foot” 10
• ὁδός hodos “road” 10
• ἀδελφός adelphos “brother” 12
• λαλέω laleō “to speak” 11
• χάρις charis “grace” 9

Key verses

The verses using para that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Luke 18:14 — I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself…
• John 1:14 — And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
• Acts 2:33 — Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see…
• Acts 20:24 — But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received…
• Romans 11:25 — For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to…
• Romans 12:3 — For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly,…
• Romans 12:16 — Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:13 — For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as…
• 1 Thessalonians 4:1 — Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye…
• Hebrews 2:9 — But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should…
• James 1:5 — If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
• James 1:17 — Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.