παραχρῆμα (properly, equivalent to παρά τό χρῆμα; cf. our on the spot), from Herodotus down; immediately, forthwith, instantly: Mat_21:19; Luk_1:64; Luk_4:39; Luk_5:25; Luk_8:44; Luk_8:47; Luk_8:55; Luk_13:13; Luk_18:43; Luk_19:11; Luk_22:60; Act_3:7; Act_5:10; Act_9:18 Rec.; (WH brackets παραχρῆμα); Act_16:33. (Wis_18:17; 2Ma_4:34; 2Ma_4:38, etc.; the Sept. for τΔΜϊΐΰΙν, Num_6:9; Num_12:4; Isa_29:5; Isa_30:13.)

παραχρῆμα parachrēma 18x at once, immediately, Mat_21:19-20 ; Luk_1:64 immediately.

παραχρῆμα , adv. ( = παρὰ τὸ χρῆμα ), [in LXX : Num_6:9 ; Num_12:4 , Isa_29:5 ; Isa_30:13 ( H6597 ), etc.;] on the spot, forthwith, instantly: Mat_21:19-20 , Luk_1:64 ; Luk_4:39 ; Luk_5:25 ; Luk_8:44 ; Luk_8:47 ; Luk_8:55 ; Luk_13:13 ; Luk_18:43 ; Luk_19:11 ; Luk_22:60 , Act_3:7 ; Act_5:10 ; Act_12:23 ; Act_13:11 ; Act_16:26 ; Act_16:33 (on the usage in Mt, Lk, v. Dalman, Words , 28 f .).†

παραχρῆμα [page 491] immediately : P Par 46 .18 (B.C. 152) (= UPZ i. p. 338) παραχρῆμα παρέσομαι πρός σε , and P Fay 92 .18 (A.D. 126) παραχρῆμα διὰ χιρός , directly from hand to hand (Edd.), a common phrase in monetary transactions, see further Berger Strafklauseln p. 78 f. The word is associated with delay for a month in such a passage as P Amh II. 49 .5 (B.C. 108) ἀποτεισάτωσαν ἐν τῷ ἐχομένωι μην <ὶ > ἡμιόλιον παραχρῆμα . On the other hand notice the emphatic εὐθὺς κ̣αὶ παραχρῆμα in P Strass I. 35 .17 (iv/v A.D.) : cf. Dalman Words , p. 28 f.

παραχρῆμα [Etym: for παρὰ τὸ χρῆμα] "on the spot, forthwith, straightway", Hdt. , Thuc. , etc.:—with the Art., τὸ π. Hdt. , attic; ἐκ or ἀπὸ τοῦ παραχρῆμα "off-hand, immediate", Xen. ; ἐν τῷ π. Plat. , etc.; —ἐς τὸ π. ἀκούειν Thuc.

παραχρῆμα adv. (= παρὰ τὸ χρῆμα), [in LXX: Num.6:9 12:4, Isa.29:5 30:13 (פִּתְאוֹם), etc. ;] on the spot, forthwith, instantly: Mat.21:19-20, Luk.1:64 4:39 5:25 8:44, 47 8:55 13:13 18:43 19:11 22:60, Act.3:7 5:10 12:23 13:11 16:26, 33 (on the usage in Mt, Lk, see Dalman, Words, 28 f.).† (AS)