Quick Definition
πάρειμι v. I am present, am near
Strong's Definition
from 3844 and 1510 (including its various forms); to be near, i.e. at hand; neuter present participle (singular) time being, or (plural) property
KJV Usage: come, X have, be here, + lack, (be here) present
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | inf. παρεῖναι · ptc. παρών, παροῦσα, παρόν · impf.3pl. παρῆσαν | εἰμί
85.23 · Existence in Space · Be in a Place
to be present, to be here, to be there, to be at hand to be present at a particular time and place
MAT 26:50 · LUK 13:1 · JHN 7:6 · JHN 11:28 · ACT 10:21 · ACT 10:33 · ACT 24:19 · 1CO 5:3 · 1CO 5:3 · 2CO 10:2 · 2CO 10:11 · 2CO 11:9 · 2CO 13:2 · 2CO 13:10 · GAL 4:18 · GAL 4:20 · HEB 12:11
15.86 · Linear Movement · Come, Come To, Arrive
to come, to arrive, to come to be present to come to be present at a particular place
57.17 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Have, Possess, Property, Owner
Collocation: τὰ παρόντα
what one has, possessions (derivative of πάρειμι[a], ‘to be present,’ 85.23) what one has on hand as available for use
67.37 · Time · A Point of Time with Reference to Other Points of Time: Before, Long Ago, Now, At the Same Time, When, About, After
the present, that which exists at any time a specific time corresponding to some other time
1 πάρειμι[a] and παράκειμαι are semantically complex in that they involve both temporal and spacial factors.
verb | aor.inf. παρεῖναι · pf.pass.ptc. παρειμένος | ἵημι (send, set in motion)
23.174 · (παρίεμαι) · Physiological Processes and States · Sickness, Disease, Weakness
to be weak, to be weakened to suffer weakness or disability in some part of the body In some languages ‘weak hands’ may be expressed as ‘hands that cannot hold anything’ or ‘hands that cannot do anything.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πάρ-ειμι ; impf. 3 pers. pl. παρῆσαν ; fut. 3 pers. sing. παρέσται (Rev. xvii. 8 L T[not (as G Tr WH Alf., al.) πάρεσται ; see Bitm. Ausf. Spr. $108, Anm. 20; Chandler §803]); (mapa near, by, [see παρά, IV. 1 fin.] and εἰμί) ; Sept. chiefly for ΝΞ; as in Grk. auth. fr. Hom. down a. to be by, be athand, to have arrived, to be present: of persons, Lk. xiii. 1; Jn. xi. 28; Acts x. 21; Rev. xvii. 8; παρών, present (opp. to ἀπών), 1 Co. v. 3; 2 Co. x. 2, 11; xiii. 2,10; ἐπί twos, before one (a judge), Acts xxiv. 19; ἐπί τινι, for (to do) something, Mt. xxvi. 50 Rec.; ἐπί τι, ibid. GL T Tr WH (on which see ἐπί, B. 2 a. ¢.); ἐνώmov θεοῦ, in the sight of God, Acts x. 33 [not Trmrg.]; ἐνθάδε, ib. xvii. 6 ; πρός τινα, with one, Acts xii. 20; 2 Co. xi. 9 (8); Gal. iv. 18, 20. of time: 6 καιρὸς πάρεστιν, Jn. vii. 6; τὸ παρόν, the present, Heb. xii. 11 (3 Mace. v. 17; see exx. fr. Grk. auth. in Passow s. v. 2b.; [L. and S.s.v. II; Soph. Lex.s.v.b.]). of other things: τοῦ evayγελίου τοῦ παρόντος eis ὑμᾶς, which is come unto (and so is present among) you, Col. i. 6 (foll. by εἰς w. an 866. of place, 1 Mace. xi. 63, and often in prof. auth. fr. Hdt. down ; see εἰς, C. 2). b. to be ready, in store, at command: ἡ παροῦσα ἀλήθεια, the truth which ye now hold, so that there is no need of words to call it to your remembrance, 2 Pet. i. 12; (μὴ) πάρεστίν τινί τι, ibid. 9 [A. V. lacketh], and Lchm. in 8 also [where al. ὑπάρxovra], (Sap. xi. 22 (21), and often in class. Grk. fr. Hom. down; cf. Passow τι. s.; [L. and S. u. 5.7); τὰ παρόντα, possessions, property, [A. V. such things as ye have (cf. our ‘ what one has by him’)], Heb. xiii. 5 (ois τὰ παρόντα
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πάρειμι pareimi 24x
to be beside; to be present, Lk. 13:1; to have come, Mt. 26:50; Jn. 7:6; 11:28; Col. 1:6; to be in possession, Heb. 13:5; 2 Pet. 1:9, 12; part. παρών, οῦσα, όν, present, 1 Cor. 5:3; τὸ παρόν, the present time, the present, Heb. 12:11
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πάρ-ειμι,
[in LXX for בּוֹא, etc.;]
to be by, at hand or present; of persons: Re 17:8; παρών (opp. to ἀπών), I Co 5:3, II Co 10:2, 11 13:2, 10; seq. ἐπί, c. gen., Ac 24:19; ἐνώπιον, Ac 10:33; ἐνθάδε, Ac 17:6; πρός, c. acc. pers., Ac 12:20, II Co 11:8, Ga 4:18, 20;
of things: of time, ὁ καιρός, Jo 7:6; τ. παρόν, He 12:11; ἡ ἀλήθεια, II Pe 1:12; ταῦτα, II Pe 1:9; τ. παρόντα, He 13:5.
to have come or arrived (Hdt., Thuc., al.; v. Field, Notes, 65): Lk 13:1, Jo 11:28, Ac 10:21; seq. εἰς, Col 1:6; seq. ἐπί, c. acc. rei, Mt 26:50 (cf. συν-πάρειμι).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πάρειμι ΞΞ (1) ‘‘am present”: P Lille I. 121 (B.c. 250--249) ἐμνήσθην σοι καὶ παρόντι περὶ τῶν p (ἀρουρῶν), “1 have recalled to you in your presence (i.e by word of mouth) the affair of the hundred arourae,” P Lond 4222 (B.c. 168) (=I. p. 30, UPZ i. p. 310, Selections, p. 10) ὡς ἔτ[ι] σοῦ παρόντος πάντων ἐπεδεόμην, “ὁ while you were still at home I went short altogether,” P Amh II. 66% (a.p. 124) παρεῖναι τοὺς μαρτυρῆσαι δυναμένους τὸ[ν] φόν[ο]ν, ** that there were present persons able to witness to the murder ” (Edd.), and P Oxy VII. 1070°° (iii/a.p.) kar’ ὄψιν παρών, “when with you in person” (Ed.); (2) ‘have come”: P Par 4618 (B.c. 153) (= UPZ i. p 338) παραχρῆμα παρέσομαι πρὸς σέ, P Ryl 11. 774 (A.D. 192) παρὼν elev), ““came forward and said.’’ Field (Votes, p. 65) prefers this latter meaning in Lk 13!: see also Mt 26° ai. We may add a few exx. of prepositional phrases—P Tebt 11. 42314 (early iii/A.D.) ἐν τῷ παρόντι, ‘fat presen',” P Ryl IT. 108? (a.p, 110-1) ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος, ‘‘ for the present,” P Fay 12224(c. A.D. 100) (as in Olsson Papyrusbriefe, p. 179) κατὰ παρόϊντα, ‘at present,” P Giss I. 471" (time of Hadrian) πρὸς τὸ παρόν, ‘‘ with regard to the present” (cf. Heb 12"): cf. also P Ryl II. 109!® (a.p. 235) ἐπὶ παρόντι σοι διὰ βοηθοῦ, ‘you being represented by an assistant ’’ (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πάρειμι (pareimi) — be present. πάρειμι (εἰμί sum), infinitive -εῖναι, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural παρέᾱσι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect subjunctive παρέω [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect infinitive παρέμμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+], participle παρεών [Refs 8th c.BC+]: Epic dialect imperfect παρέην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; 2nd pers. singular παρῆας variant in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural πάρεσαν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Attic dialect imperfect παρῆ [Refs 4th c.BC+]; in later Greek παρήμην [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: Epic dialect future παρέσσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—to be by or present, ὑμεῖς θεαί ἐστε πάρεστέ τε ἴστε τε πάντα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πάρα used for πάρεστι and πάρεισι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently in participle, ποίπνυον παρεόντε [Refs], etc.; ἀπεόντα νόῳ παρεόντα [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. to be by or near one, with dative, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. τινί to be his guest, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. to be present in or at, μάχῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; δόμοις π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. to be present so as to help, stand by, τινι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially of one accused, οἱ νῦν παρόντες αὐτῷ καὶ συνδικοῦντες [Refs 5th c.BC+] middle cited in [Refs 4th c.AD+]
5. παρεῖναι εἰς.. to have arrived at, ἐς κοῖτον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. πρὸς τὴν κρίσιν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; see at {πάρειμι} (εἶμι) IV.2.
6. π. ἐκ.. to have come from.., ἐκ ταύτης [τῆς πόλιος] π. ἐς τὴν Ἀσίην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Φίλιππος ἐκ Θρᾴκης π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. of things, to be by, i.e. ready or at hand, τά τε δμώεσσι πάρεστι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἴ μοι δύναμίς γε παρείη if power were at my command,[Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ παρεόντα what is ready, χαριζομένη παρεόντων [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐκ τῶν παρεουσέων αὐγέων the best light available, [Refs 5th c.BC+] of feelings, conditions, etc., φόβος βαρβάροις παρῆν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Time, ὁ παρὼν νῦν χρόνος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἱερὰ συμβουλὴ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ παρόντα (Ionic dialect παρεόντα) the present state of affairs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to τὰ γεγονότα, τὰ μέλλοντα, [Refs 5th c.BC+] just now, τὸ π. εἴπομεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]. according to present circumstances, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τῷ νῦν π. καὶ ἐν τῷ ἔπειτα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τῷ τότε π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς πρὸς τὸ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τοῦ π. for the present, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἐς and πρὸς τὰ π., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III. impersonal, πάρεστί μοι it depends on me, is in my power to do, with infinitive, τοιαῦθ᾽ ἑλέσθαι σοι πάρεστιν ἐξ ἐμοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also imperfect παρῆν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2. participle παρόν, Ionic dialect παρεόν, it being possible or easy, since it is allowed, παρεὸν αὐτῷ βασιλέα γενέσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV. participle masculine παρών is frequently in Trag., at the end of a verse, to give vividness, ἄνδρ᾽ ἐνουθέτει παρών to his face, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς θανόντας οὐκ ἐᾶς θάπτειν π. you come here and forbid.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]