Quick Definition
παρασκευή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. the day before the Sabbath
Strong's Definition
as if from 3903; readiness
KJV Usage: preparation
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ῆς | παρασκευάζω
67.201 · Time · Units of Time with Reference to Other Units or Points of Time: Yesterday, Today, Next Day
day of preparation, Friday a day on which preparations were made for a sacred or feast day The identification of παρασκευή with Friday became so traditional that it eventually came to be the present-day Greek term for ‘Friday.’
MAT 27:62 · MRK 15:42 · LUK 23:54 · JHN 19:14 · JHN 19:31 · JHN 19:42
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παρασκευή paraskeuē 6x
a getting ready, preparation, in NT preparation for a feast, day of preparation, Mt. 27:62; Mk. 15:42
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
παρα-σκευή, -ῆς, ἡ,
[in LXX: Ex 35:24 39:22 (42) (עֲבֹדָה, with v.l., ἀποσκ-, κατασκ-), Jth 2:17 4:5, I Mac 9:35 א, II Mac 15:21*;]
preparation.
equipment (Jth 2:17 4:5).
In Jewish usage, the day of preparation for a Sabbath or a feast (= προσάββατον, q.v.): Mt 27:62, Mk 15:42, Lk 23:54, Jo 19:31; c. gen., τοῦ πάσχα, Jo 19:14; τ. Ἰουδαίων, Jo 19:42 (it is the name for Friday in MGr.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παρασκευή is found in the general sense o. ‘‘ preparation” in P Petr II. 4511. 17 (B.c. 246) τοιαύτην παρασκευήν, P Strass I. 41° (A.b. 250) airodpe[v δοθῆναι ἡμῖν ἡμέραν πρὸς] παρασκευὴν τῆς δίκης, and Sy// 503 (-- 596)}3 (c. B.C. 200) τῆ[9 τε τῶν σίτων παρ]ασκευῆς ἐφρόντισεν. For παρασκευή as the technical designation for Friday (cf. MGr) see Didache viii. 1 ὑμεῖς δὲ νηστεύσατε τετράδα καὶ παρασκευήν, “but ye shall fast on the fourth day and the preparation day (Friday)”: cf. Jos. Antt, XVI. 163 (vi. 2). The questions raised by the use of παρασκευή in the Synoptics and Jn lie outside our province, but see Abbott Joh. Gr. p. 92. Herwerden Lex. s.v. cites ἡ παρασκευή = dies Veneris from Clem. Al. p. 316, 15 (Sylb.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
παρασκευή (paraskeuē) — Preparation. παρασκευ-ή, ἡ, preparation, δείπνου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρασκευὴν σίτου παραγγείλας having ordered corn to be prepared, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τούτῳ παρασκευῆς ἦσαν in this state of preparation, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; preparation, practice, as of a speaker preparing his speech, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λέγειν ἀπὸ παρασκευῆς, opposed to αὐτοσχεδίως, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also, in a speech, preparatory section, [Refs 4th c.BC+] __b with Preps., ἐκ παρασκευῆς of set purpose, by arrangement, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μάχη ἐγένετο ἐκ π. a pitched battle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δι᾽ ὀλίγης παρασκευῆς at short notice, offhand, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἦσαν ἐν π. πολέμου were engaged in preparing for it (compare κατασκευή), [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. providing, procuring, φίλων καὶ οὐσίας [Refs]; ὑγιείας σώματι π. [Refs]; way or means of providing, τίς.. τέχνη τῆς π. τοῦ μηδὲν ἀδικεῖσθα; [Refs]; δύ᾽ εἶναι τὰς π. ἐπὶ τὸ θεραπεύειν[Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. intrigue, cabal, for the purpose of gaining a verdict or carrying a measure, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. that which is prepared, equipage, πλοῦτοί τε καὶ πᾶσα ἡ τοιαύτη π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. frequently in military sense (see. above [Refs]armament, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἵπποι καὶ ὅπλα καὶ ἡ ἄλλη π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γίγνεσθαι τὰς παρασκευὰς ἐποίης αI got the armaments ready for service, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; αἱ πρὸς πόλεμον π. [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.3. generally, power, means, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; natural equipment, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of the physical constitution of a new-born infant, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of mental faculties, predisposition, δύναμις καὶ π. [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
III. among the Jews, the day of Preparation, before the sabbath of the Passover, [NT]