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G3898 παραπλησίως (paraplēsíōs)
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Quick Definition

similarly, in like manner

Strong's Definition

in a manner near by, i.e. (figuratively) similarly

Derivation: adverb from the same as G3897 (παραπλήσιον);

KJV Usage: likewise

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

παραπλησίως, adverb (παραπλήσιος, see παραπλήσιον), similarly, in like manner, in the same way: Heb_2:14 (where it is equivalent to κατά πάντα Heb_2:17, and hence, is used of a similarity which amounts to equality, as in the phrase ἀγωνίζεσθαι παραπλ. to fight with equal advantage, aequo Marte, Herodotus 1, 77; so too the adjective, σύ δέ ἄνθρωπος ὤν παραπλήσιος τοῖς ἄλλοις, πλήν γέ δή ὅτι πολυπράγμων καί ἀτάσθαλος κτλ., the words in which an oriental sage endeavors to tame the pride of Alexander the Great, Arrian, exp. Alex. 7, 1, 9 (6)).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

παραπλησίως paraplēsiōs 1x like, in the same or like manner, Heb_2:14

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** παρα -πλησίως , adv. ( <παραπλήσιος ), [in Quint.: Hos_8:6 * ;] in like manner: Heb_2:14 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

παραπλησίως [page 489] With παραπλησίως in Heb_2:14 = similarly, i.e. almost equally or also, Moffatt ( ICC ad l. ) compares Maxim. Tyr. vii. 2 καὶ ἐστὶν καὶ ὁ ἄρχων πόλεως μέρος , καὶ οἱ ἀρχόμενοι παραπλησίως .

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

παρα-πλησίως adv. (παραπλήσιος) [in Quint.: Hos.8:6 * ;] in like manner: Heb.2:14.† (AS)

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