Lexical Summary
parakeimai: To lie beside, to be present, to be near
Original Word: παράκειμαι
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: parakeimai
Pronunciation: pä-rä'-kā-mī
Phonetic Spelling: (par-ak'-i-mahee)
KJV: be present
NASB: present
Word Origin: [from G3844 (παρά - than) and G2749 (κεῖμαι - laid)]
1. to lie near, i.e. be at hand
2. (figuratively) be prompt or easy
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
be present.
From para and keimai; to lie near, i.e. Be at hand (figuratively, be prompt or easy) -- be present.
see GREEK para
see GREEK keimai
HELPS Word-studies
3873 parákeimai (3844 /pará, "close-beside" and 2749 /keímai, "lie down") – properly, lie down side-by-side, like with two moral realities which totally oppose each other (but still exist closely together).
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom
para and
keimaiDefinitionto lie beside, be present
NASB Translationpresent (2).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3873: παράκειμαιπαράκειμαι; (
παρά and
κεῖμαι);
to lie beside (
παρά, IV. 1),
to be near (from
Homer down);
to be present, at hand:
Romans 7:18 (where see Meyer), 21.
