Quick Definition
παράσημος, ον n.n. marked with
Strong's Definition
from 3844 and the base of 4591; side-marked, i.e. labelled (with a badge (figure-head) of a ship)
KJV Usage: sign
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | σημαίνω
33.479 · Communication · Non-Verbal Communication
having a sign of, being marked pertaining to being marked with a sign In ACT 28:11 the reference is to the images of the Dioscuri, ‘the twin gods,’ carved on the prow of the ship. For παράσημον as a noun, see παράσημος[b] 6.51.
6.51 · Artifacts · Boats and Parts of Boats
Collocation: παράσημον
emblem, figurehead an identifying emblem, possibly a carved figurehead at the prow of a ship In translating the expression ‘emblem of the Twin Gods’ it may be possible to use a phrase such as ‘a carving of the Twin Gods’ or ‘a statue of the Twin Gods.’ For παράσημος as an adjective, see 33.479.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παράσημος, -ov, (παρά {q. v-1V. 2], and σῆμα [a ΠΡ : 1. marked falsely, spurious, counte rfeil; as coin. marked beside or on the margin; so of noteworthy ane which the reader of a book marks on the margin; hence 3. univ. noted, marked, conspicuous, remarkable, (of persons, in a bad sense, notorious); marked with a sign: ἐν πλοίῳ παρασήμῳ Διοσκούροις, in a ship marked with the image or figure of the Dioseuri, Acts xxviii. 11 [ef. B. D. s. v. Castor and Pollux].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παράσημος parasēmos 1x
a distinguishing mark; an ensign of a ship, Acts 28:11*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** παράσημος, -ον
(< σῆμα, a mark), [in LXX: III Mac 2:29*;]
in cl., marked amiss, spurious, counterfeit. Later,
marked at the side, annotated (Plut.).
marked with a sign (LXX); as subst., a figurehead: Ac 28:11 (v. MM, xix).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παράσημος. Ramsay (Luke, p. 361.) describes the dat. absolute in Ac 28" παράσημῳ Διοσκούροις, “with the Dioscuri as figure-head,’’ as “the correct technical form, guaranteed by many examples in inscriptions,” thus rendering unnecessary Blass’s conjectural alteration ᾧ ἣν παράσημον Διοσκούρων. For this use οἵ παράσημος cf. P Lond 256 veto (a)? (A.p. 15) (ΞΞ ΤΙ. p. 99) ἧς παράσημος ἴβις, P Pebt 11. 486 πλοί(ων) B, ὧν ἑνὸς piv od παράσημον Θάλια. . Kal λοιποῦ οὗ παράσηιμον) γυμί ), and P Lond 948* (aD. 236) (= III. p. 220) κυβερνήτης ἰδίου πλοίου... ἀσήμου, where, however, the editor notes that the termination of ἀσήμου is doubtful, and has perhas been altered. P Lille I. 22 and 23 (B.C. 221) concern two ships belonging to the Queen which have no figure-he id (ἀχάρακτοΞς) : see Wilcken Archiv v. p. 226. In the Gnomon 194 (= BGU V. p. 31) the word is used in the general sense “‘ mark” or ‘‘sign ’—pévw mpo . [.].av ἐξὸν τὸ τῆς δικαιοσύνης παράσημον φορεῖν. See also Aristeas 147, 158. For the verb παρασημειόομαι cf. P Oxy I. 34 verso 4 (a.D. 127) παρασημιούσθίωσαν, with reference to the ‘‘notes” made by the officials at the side of public documents, BGU I. 8211 (Α.0. 185) παρασημιωσάμενος τὴν ἐπιστο[λή]ν, ‘having taken note of the letter,” and for the subst. cf. P Giss I. 4οἷϊ δ᾽ (a.p. 212) 4 THs ἀτιμ[]ας παρασημεί[ω jos.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
παράσημος (parasēmos) — figurehead. παράσημ-ος, ον, (σῆμα) marked amiss or falsely, counterfeit, especially of money, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δόξα π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δύναμις π. αἴνῳ power falsely stamped with praise, I. e. praised by a wrong standard, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. of words and phrases, false, incorrect, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; Ἀττικῶν παράσημος (to be read -σήμων) ἕν (i.e. βιβλίον) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὸ π. eccentricity of style, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
3. marked by the side, noted, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; π. τινί marked, notorious for a thing, [Refs]; π. ἐπιτηδεύων τι remarked as studying it, [Refs]; τὸ π. φεύγουσαι (of women) conspicuousness, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
4. indicative, with genitive, τὸ π. ὄνομα τῆς πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἔχθρας [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II. adverb -μως with false accent, [Refs]
II.2. with a distinguishing prefix, [Refs 4th c.BC+]