Quick Definition
παρέχω v. I offer, provide
Strong's Definition
from 3844 and 2192; to hold near, i.e. present, afford, exhibit, furnish occasion
KJV Usage: bring, do, give, keep, minister, offer, shew, + trouble
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | fut.midd.2sg. παρέξῃ · aor. παρέσχον · ptc. παρασχών | ἔχω
13.26 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · State
to continue to be, to keep on being to maintain a state or condition
13.127 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · Happen
to cause to happen to cause something to happen to someone In LUK 7:4, in some languages it may be more appropriate to translate ‘he deserves this favor from you’ or ‘he deserves your help.’ See also 90.91.
MAT 26:10 · LUK 6:29 · LUK 7:4 · LUK 11:7 · LUK 18:5 · ACT 16:16 · ACT 19:24 · 1TI 1:4
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παρέχω parechō 16x
to hold beside; to hold out to, offer, present, Lk. 6:29; to confer, render, Lk. 7:4; Acts 22:2; 28:2; Col. 4:1; to afford, furnish, Acts 16:16; 17:31; 19:24; 1 Tim. 6:17; to exhibit, Tit. 2:7; to be the cause of, occasion, Mt. 26:10; Mk. 14:6; Lk. 11:7
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
παρ-έχω,
[in LXX: Ps 29 (30):7 (עמד hi.), etc.;]
Act., to furnish, provide, supply; with ref. to incorporeal things, to afford, show, give, cause: c. acc., Ac 22:2, I Ti 1:4; c. acc. et dat., Mt 26:10, Mk 14:6, Lk 11:7 18:5, Ac 16:16 17:31 28:2, Ga 6:17, I Ti 6:17.
to present, offer: c. acc. et dat., Lk 6:29; c. prop. reflex. et acc. pred., to show or present oneself (v. infr., and cf. Bl., § 55, 1).
Mid., to supply, furnish or display of one's own part: c. acc. et dat., Lk 7:4, Ac 19:24, Col 4:1.
In late writers, c. prop. reflex. et acc. pred. (= act. ut supr.), to show or present oneself (Xen., FlJ, al.; cf. M, Pr., 248; Deiss., BS, 254): Tit 2:7.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παρέχω. Vhis common verb appears both in the act. and mid. = “provide,” “supply”: (1) act.—P Eleph 1* (marriage-contract—B.C. 311-0) (= Selections, p. 2) παρεχέτω St ΗρακλείSys Δημητρίαι ὅσα προσήκει γυναικὶ ἐλευθέραι πάντα, “ὁ let Heraclides provide for Demetria all things that are fitting for a freeborn woman,”’ P Amh II. 489 (B.C. 106) παρεχέτω οἶνον μόνιμον, “let him provide wine that will keep,” BGU Il. 5314 20 (A.p.70-So) ἐὰν δὲ ἀστοχήσῃς, [αἰω]νίαν por λοίπην [π]αρέχιν μέλλις, ‘if you forget me, you will cause me endless grief,” P Oxy VI. 93774 (iii/A.D.) εἴ τινος χρήζει 6 ᾿Αντινοεὺς παρασχήσεις (for fut. οἴ. Profeg. p. 176 Ε) αὐτῷ, “if the man from Antinodpolis wants anything provide him with it” /Edd.), P Gen 1. 7513 (iii/iv A.D.) τόπον δὲ αὐτοῖς παράσχες ποῦ μίνωσιν, and the Christian P Oxy XIV. 16825 (iv/A.p.) ἡ μὲν τοῦ θεοῦ πρόνοια παρέξει τὸ
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
παρέχω (parechō) — to furnish occasion. παρέχω, future παρέξω [Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect παρέσχηκα: aorist παρέσχον, Epic dialect infinitive παρασχέμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; poetry παρέσχεθον [Refs 8th c.BC+], infinitive παρασχεθεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect παρέσκεθον [Refs 7th c.BC+] ii 11; παρεχέσκετο is falsa lectio for{παρεκέσκετο} in [Refs 8th c.BC+] __A active, hand over, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; furnish, supply, φάος πάντεσσι παρέξω [Refs 8th c.BC+] I will provide for all,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀργύριον, ποίμνια, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πληρώμαθ᾽ ἡ πόλις παρέχει the state finds men to man the ships, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. of natural objects, yield, produce, θάλασσα π. ἰχθῦς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; [σίδηρον] παρέξει (i.e. σόλος) [Refs 8th c.BC+]
3. of incorporeal things, afford, cause, φιλότητα, ἀρετήν, γέλω τε καὶ εὐφροσύνην,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; τύχην, φρίκην, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χάριν, εὔνοιαν, [Refs]; ὄχλον, πρήγματα π., [Refs 7th c.BC+]; αἴσθησιν παρέχει τινός enables one to observe a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but αἴσθησιν π., absolutely, it causes remark, is perceived, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πενία ἀνάγκῃ τὴν τόλμαν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑφειμένου δόξαν π., ={ὑφειμένῳ ἐοικέναι}, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II. present or offer for a purpose,
II.1. with infinitive, [ὄϊες] παρέχουσι.. γάλα θῆσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+](withoutinfinitive, πτήξας δέμας παρεῖχε [Refs 4th c.BC+]. I give myself up to you to practise upon, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely with a participle, π. ἑαυτὸν δεδησόμενον [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.2. give oneself up, submit oneself, ἑαυτόν being omitted, π. [ἑωυτοὺς] διαφθαρῆναι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πατεῖν παρεῖχετῷ θέλοντι [ἑαυτόν] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῷ λόγῳ ὥσπερ ἰατρῷ παρέχων ἀποκρίνου[Refs]; especially of a woman, obscene meaning, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. with reflexive pronoun and a predicative, show, exhibit oneself so and so, π. ἐμαυτὸν ὅσιον καὶ δίκαιον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σπάνιον σεαυτὸν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σαυτὸν σοφιστὴν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μέτριον ἐμαυτὸν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. allow, grant, σιγὴν παρασχὼν κλῦθί μου [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, ἐπεὶ παρέσχες ἀντιφωνῆσαι did'st allow me to..,[Refs 5th c.BC+] make way, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2. impersonal, παρέχει τινί with infinitive, it is allowed, in one's power to do so and so, παρεῖχε ἄν σφι εὐδαιμονέειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]participle used absolutely, παρέχον it being in one's power, since one can, like{ἐξόν, παρόν, παρέχον [ὑμῖν] ἄρχειν} [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also εὖ, καλῶς παρασχόν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV. produce a person on demand, ἐς τὸ κοινόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς τὴν βουλήν, εἰς ἀγοράν (to be read αὔριον), εἰς κρίσιν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
V. with a predicate added, make so and so, τὴν διέξοδόν οἱ ἀσφαλέα π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with participle, π. ξυμμάχους τὰς σπονδὰς δεχομένους [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κοινὴν τὴν πόλιν π. offer it as a common resort, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γῆν ἄσυλον καὶ δόμους ἐχεγγύους π. [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B middle παρέχομαι, future -έξομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 2 παρεσχόμην [Refs 4th c.BC+]: perfect passive (in middle sense) παρέσχημαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently used much like active, without any reflexive sense: __B.1 supply of oneself or from one's own means, νέας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ὅπλα furnish a suit of armour, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ τὰ τιμήματα παρεχόμενοι the tax-paying citizens, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; μηδεμίαν δύναμιν π. εἰς τὴν στρατιάν supply no contingent of one's own to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.2 of natural objects, furnish, present, exhibit, [ποταμὸς] κροκοδείλους π. [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.3 of works, ἓν ἔργον πολλὸν μέγιστον π. [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.4 of incorporeal things, display on one's own part, πᾶσαν προθυμίην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χρείας Decrees cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.II in Law, παρέχεσθαί τινας μάρτυρας, π. τεκμήρια, bring forward witnesses or proofs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἐκμαρτυρίαν, μαρτυρίαν, [Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.III produce as one's own, ἄρχοντα παρέχεσθαί τινα acknowledge as one's general, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ἀθηναῖοι ἀρχαιότατον ἔθνος παρεχόμενοι presenting themselves as.., [Refs]; π.πόλιν μεγίστην, of an ambassador, represent a city in one's own person, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.IV offer, promise, ἀψευδέα μαντήϊα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔστιν ἃ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; put forward, τὸ εὐπρεπὲς τῆς δίκης [Refs] __B.V render so and so for or towards oneself, θεὸν παρασχέσθαι εὐμενῆ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; see above [Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.VI Arith., make up, amount to, ἐνιαυτοὶ.. παρέχονται ἡμέρας.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]