Quick Definition
παρασκευάζω v. I prepare
Strong's Definition
from 3844 and a derivative of 4632; to furnish aside, i.e. get ready
KJV Usage: prepare self, be (make) ready
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | σκευάζω (prepare) · σκεῦος
46.12 · Household Activities
to prepare a meal, to get a meal ready to prepare or cook a meal
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παρα-σκευάζω ; pf. pass. παρεσκεύασμαι ; fut. mid. παραoxevacoua ; fr. Πα. down; to make ready, prepare: 80. τὸ δεῖπνον (added in Hdt. 9, 82; Athen. 4, 15 p. 138), Acts x. 10 (συμπόσιον, Hdt. 9,15; 2 Mace. ii. 27). Mid. to make one’s self ready, to prepare one’s self, [ef. W. § 38, 2a.]: εἰς πόλεμον, 1 Co. xiv. 8 (Jer. xxvii. (1.) 42; εἰς μάχην, εἰς ναυμαχίαν, ete., in Xen.). Pf. pass. in mid. sense, fo have prepared one’s self, to be prepared or ready, 2 Co. ix. 2sq. (see Matthiae §493).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παρασκευάζω paraskeuazō 4x
to prepare, make ready, 2 Cor. 9:2, 3; mid. to prepare one’s self, put one’s self in readiness, Acts 10:10; 1 Cor. 14:8*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
παρα-σκευάζω,
[in LXX: Je 27 (50):42 (ערךְ), etc.;]
to prepare, make ready: absol. (sc. τ. δεῖπνον, etc.; of. Hdt., ix, 82, II Mac 2:27), Ac 10:10; mid., to prepare, make preparations: I Co 14:8 (cf. Je 50:42); pass., II Co 9:2, 3.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παρασκευάζω, “prepare,” ‘‘make ready.” The verb is used in a causative sense in P Amh II. 14512 (iv/v A.D ) οὐδὲν ἕτε! pov] παρασκευάζει πολλοὺς εἰδότας τὸ [σὸν] εἰς ἡμᾶς ἐνδιάθετον προσφεύγειν [μοι, “no other reason causes many who know your feelings for me to come to me for help” (Edd.), PSI I. 503 (iv/v a.p.) σοι ἐδήλωσα ἵνα παρασκευάσῃς τοὺς σκυτέας (‘‘ the leather workers .) τοῦ ᾿Αμμωνίου παρασχεῖν τῷ ταυρελάτῃ (‘the bull driver’’) τὸ δέρμα, and the late BGU I. 103° (vi/vii a.p.) (= Chest. I. p. 100) καταξήωσον τούτους παρασκευάσε ἀμφοτέρους ἐλθῆν EvTavO[a. , παρασκευὴ Other exx. of the verb are BGU IV. 1159® (time of Augustus) ἐργατήαν παρεσσκευακὼς (/. παρεσκευακὼς) μεγάλην, and from the inscrr. Sy// 721 (= 3.662)}7 (B.C. 165-4) εὔχρηστον ἑαυτὸν παρασκευάΐίειν, 70. 545 (=* 707)+8 (ii/B.c.) τὰ πρὸς τὸν καιρὸν ἐμπτείρως Kal προθύμως παρεσκεύασεν. ἴπ 1 Cor 145 the mid. παρασκευάσεται is better understood intransitively ‘‘ prepare,” ‘‘ make preparations,” than reflexively ‘‘ prepare himself” (AV, RV): see Proleg. Ρ. 156. Cf. also P Cairo Zen 590964 (B.C. 257) ὅπως τὰ πρὸς τὴν [παρουσίαν αὐτοῦ] πᾳρασκευασώμεθα.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
παρασκευάζω (paraskeuazō) — to prepare. παρασκευάζω, future -άσω[Refs 5th c.BC+] (but 3rd.pers. singular -σκευᾷ[Refs 4th c.BC+], 2nd pers. plural -σκευᾶτε[Refs 4th c.BC+]: Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural pluperfect passive παρεσκευάδατο [Refs 5th c.BC+]: later sometimes παρασκεάζω, as παρεσκεασμένων [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—