Quick Definition
παρεισφέρω v. I contribute besides
Strong's Definition
from 3844 and 1533; to bear in alongside, i.e. introduce simultaneously
KJV Usage: give
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor.ptc. παρεισενέγκας | φέρω
68.64 · Aspect · Do Intensely or Extensively
Collocation: σπουδὴν πᾶσαν παρεισφέρω
to do one’s best, to make every effort to, to try as hard as possible (an idiom, literally: to bring every effort to) to do one’s very best in attempting to do something In some languages it may be almost impossible to speak of ‘adding goodness to faith.’ However, an appropriate equivalent of this expression in 2PE 1:5 may be ‘do your best to be good as well as to believe.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παρ-εισ-φέρω : 1 aor. παρεισήνεγκα ; a. to bring in besides (Dem., al.). b. to contribute besides to something: σπουδήν, 2 Pet. i. 5 [R. V. adding on your part].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παρεισφέρω pareispherō 1x
to bring in beside; to bring into play, exhibit in addition, 2 Pet. 1:5*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* παρ-εισ-φέρω, to bring in or supply besides: σπουδὴν π. (late Gk. for cl. σ. ποιεῖσθαι; cf. Deiss., BS, 361), II Pe 1:5.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παρεισφέρω. With the phrase in 2 Pet 15 σπουδὴν πᾶσαν παρεισενέγκαντες Deissmann compares the almost similar expression in the 1/A.D Wecree of Stratonicaea, C/G 11. 2715 α1 πᾶσαν σπουδὴν ἰσφέρεσθαι, as pointing, to say the least, to a common use by the two writers ‘‘of the familiar forms and formulae of religious emotion’’; see BS p. 360ff., and especially p. 367. The phrase εἰσφέρομαι σπουδήν in late Greek is fully illustrated by Mayor ad 2 Pet Zc., but his claim that the addition of παρα-- alters the sense can hardly be pressed in view of the above citation. See, however, the nuance ‘* smuggle” in P Tebt I. 3813 (B.c. 113) (= Chrest. I. p. 563) χάριν τῶν παρεισφερόντων εἰς THY κώμην καὶ παραπωλούντων Κολ[πιτ)ικὸν ἔλαιον Kal κῖκι, ‘owing to the smuggling into the village and illicit sale of Colpitic and castor oil” (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
παρεισφέρω (pareispherō) — to supply. παρεισ-φέρω, bring in beside, π. νόμον propose an amending law, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; smuggle in, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: generally, introduce, Στωϊκὰς δόξας [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; apply besides, σπουδήν [NT]; interpolate, [Refs]:—passive, to be brought in, χυτρῖδες εἰς τὰς μέθας -φέρονται [Refs 4th c.BC+]