Quick Definition
παράλιος, ον Adj on the coast
Strong's Definition
beside the salt (sea), i.e. maritime
Derivation: from G3844 (παρά) and G251 (ἅλς);
KJV Usage: sea coast
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | ἁλίζω
1.61 · Geographical Objects and Features · Land in Contrast With the Sea
coastal region a territory bordering on the sea, in contrast with an inland area (compare ἀνωτερικός, 1.65) Frequently παράλιος must be translated by a phrase, for example, ‘the land along the seaside’ or ‘the countries bordering on the sea.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παρ-άλιος, -ov, also of three term. [cf. W. § 11, 1], (παρά and ἅλς), by the sea, maritime: ἣ παράλιως, sc. χώρα, the sea-coast, Lk. vi. 17 (Polyb. 3, 39, 3; Diod. 3, 15, 41; Joseph. c. Ap. 1, 12; Sept. Deut. xxxiii. 19; and the fem. form ἡ παραλία in Deut. i. 7; Josh. ix. 1; Judith i. 7; iii. 6; v. 2, 23; vii. 8; 1 Mace. xi. 8; xv. 38; Hat. 7, 185; often in Polyb.; Joseph. antt. 12, 7, 1).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παράλιος paralios 1x
adjacent to the sea, maritime; ἡ παράλιος, i.e. χώρα, the sea coast, Lk. 6:17*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
παρ-άλιος, -ον
(in cl., chiefly -α, -ον), [in LXX for יָם, הַיָּם, חוֹף, etc., c. prep.;]
by the sea; ἡ π. (sc. χώρα, in LXX ἡ παραλία, De 1:7, Jos 9:1, Jth 1:7, al.), the sea coast: Lk 6:17.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παράλιος, “ΡΥ the sea’”’ (Lk 617) : cf. δνὰ 498 (ΞΞ 8 468)} (B.c. 244-3) στρατηγὸς ἐπὶ τὴν χώραν τὴν παραλίαν. According to Herwerden (1 εχ. s.v.) ἡ παραλία = ἡ πάραλος (ναῦς sc.) occurs rather frequently in Attic inscrr.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
παράλιος (paralios) — seaside. παράλιος, α, ον or ος, ον (see. below), ={πάραλος}, by the sea, παραλία ψάμμα [Refs 4th c.BC+]; γῆ, πόλις παραλία, [Refs 5th c.BC+] of maritime plants, especially sea-spurge, Euphorbia Paralias, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of πιτύουσα, [Refs]
II. ἡ παραλία, Ionic dialect -ιη (i.e. γῆ or χώρα), __A seacoast, seaboard, τῆς Θρηΐκης τὴν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Epidaurus, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. especially of the maritime district or seaboard of Attica, between Hymettus, Brauron, and Sunium, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παραλία [γῆ] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ χώρα ἡ π. [Refs]; ἡ π. [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
III. οἱ Παράλιοι, ={οἱ Πάραλοι}, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
IV. Παράλιον, τό, sanctuary of the hero Πάραλος, [Refs 4th c.BC+]