Quick Definition
παρίημι v. I neglect, omit, slacken
Strong's Definition
to let by, i.e. relax
Derivation: from G3844 (παρά) and hiemi (to send);
KJV Usage: hang down
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παρ-ίημι: 2 aor. inf. παρεῖναι (Lk. xi. 42 LT Tr WH); pf. pass. ptep. παρειμένος ; fr. Hom. down; 1. to let pass; to pass by, neglect, (very often in Grk. writ. fr. Pind., Aeschyl., Hdt. down), to disregard, omit: τί, Lk. xi. 42 [ἢ G ἀφιέναι] (ἁμαρτήματα, to pass over, let go unpunished, Sir. xxiii. 2; [τιμωρίαν, Lycurg.148,41]). 2. to relax, loosen, let go, [see παρά, IV. 2], (6. g. a bow); pf. pass. ptep. παρειμένος, relaxed, unstrung, weakened, exhausted, (Kur., Plat., Diod., Plut., al.) : χεῖρες, Heb. xii. 12; Sir. ii. 13; xxv. 23, cf. Zeph. iii. 16; Jer. iv. 31; ἀργοὶ καὶ παρειμένοι ἐπὶ ἔργον ἀγαθόν, Clem. Rom. 1 Cor. 34, 4 cf. 1.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παρίημι pariēmi 2x
to let pass beside, let fall beside; to relax, Lk. 11:42; perf. pass. part. παρειμένος, hanging down helplessly, unstrung, feeble, Heb. 12:12*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
παρ-ίημι,
[in LXX: Je 4:31 (פּרשׂ pi.), etc.;]
to pass by or over, let alone, disregard: Lk 11:42.
to relax, loosen; pass., to be relaxed, weakened, exhausted: παρειμένας χεῖρας, He 12:12 (LXX ἀνειμ-).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παρίημι, ““let pass,” “omit” (Lk 114), cf. P Giss I. 4325 (ii/a.D.) μηδίέν]ᾳ παρεικέναι avardypa(pov), P Oxy IX. 1202)5 (A.D. 217) παρεῖ[κε]ν τὸν ἡμέτερον vidv—a father’s complaint that his son’s name had been omitted from a list of ephebi, and Sy// 326 (= *709)?8 (B.c. 107) οὐδένα δὲ χρόνον ἀργὸν παρείς. In P Oxy IV. 7137° (A.D. 97) ἐκ τῆς Θρασυμάχον παρειμένης (sc. γῆς), παρειμένης is a technical term applied to land, perhaps, as the editors suggest, in the sense of “conceded to” or ‘‘abandoned”: cf. now 76. XII. 1549! %5 (A.D. 240), also P Hib I. 53° (B.c. 246) with the editors’ note, and see Heb 121%. For the meaning “‘admit ’’ we may cite Aristeas 173 παρειμένοι δ᾽ εἰς τὴν αὐλὴν . .. ἠσπασάμεθα τὸν βασιλέα, ‘on being admitted to the court, we greeted the king.” παριστάνω, παρίστημι. The trans. sense of this verb ‘‘ place beside,” ‘‘ present,” “produce,” is well seen in its use in connexion with judicial proceedings, as when in P Ryl II. 9414 (A.D. 14-37) the head and the secretary of a guild of weavers become sureties 5) ἐς παριστάνω, παρίστημι 49 for the production of five of their number against whom proceedings were pending—émavavkov παραστήσιζν» σοι αὐτοὺς) ὁπηνίκα ἐὰν ἑρῇ (/. αἱρῇ) ἐκδικοῦντες τὰ διὰ τοῦ ὑπομνήματος Τ͵]ανινούτιος, ‘it is incumbent on us to produce them for you whenever you choose, to answer the claims stated in the petition of Paninoutis” (Edd.): cf. P Oxy 11. 2-9! (A.D. 23) ἐὰν δὲ μὴ παριστῶ ἐν τα[ϊς] προκειμέναις ἡμέρα ζιὸς ἐκτείσω τὰ προκείμενα ις} τῶν χρυσίων μν[α]ιήων δύο ἀνυπερθέτως, “if I do not produce him (a prisoner for whom he had become surety) within the said number of days, I will pay the said two minae of gold without delay” (Edd.), P Amh 11. 6649 (a.p. 124) of ὑπὸ σοῦ παρασί τ]αθέντες μάρτυρες ὁμολόγησαν τὸν φόνον ἐγνωκέναι, “the witnesses produced by you acknowledged that they knew of the murder” (Edd.), and P Oxy VI. 89720 (a.p. 546) ἐπέθετο ἡμῖν ἡ ὑμῶν ἐμμέλια ὥστε Χωοῦν . ἀναζητῆσαι καὶ παραστῆσαι, ‘your grace required us to search out and produce Choous " (Edd.). This judicial sense helps us in 1 Cor 85 βρῶμα δὲ ἡμᾶς οὐ παραστήσει τῷ θεῷ, ‘food will not affect our standing with God” in the Day of Judgment to which the fut. tense points. Cf. P Hal I. 1218 (mid. ili/B.c.) with reference to the oath by race or descent, ἄλλον δ᾽ ὅρκον μηδένα ἐξέστω ὀμνύναι μη[δ]ὲ ὁρκ[(ζ]ειν μηδὲ γενεὰν παρίστασθαι : with the editors’ note p. 121. For the verb in connexion with sacrifice, as in Rom 121, cf. Priene 113% (after BC. 84) τάς Te θυσίας τὰς εἰθισμέϊνας καὶ τ]ὰς πατρίους τοῖς τῆς πόλεως πα[ρ]αστήσειν θεοῖς, and Magn 98* (beg. ii/B.c.) παριστανέτωσαν δὲ καὶ οἱ οἰκονόμοι. . . ἱερεῖα τρία, [ἃ] θύσουσιν τῶι τε Διὶ. .. [This last is apparently the earliest inscriptional evidence as yet known for the form παριστάνω : cf. Thieme, p. 13-] See also Deissmann 5.5, p. 254. The rendering ‘‘is ready ” (for the reaper) which Swete prefers for παρέστηκεν in Mk 4?® may be supported by P Petr III. 43(3)! (iii/B.c.) ἔτι δὲ [οὐ]κ ἀγνοεῖς ὥς σοι διελέγην περὶ τοῦ σηϊσ]άμου καὶ κρότωνος [ὅ]τι παρέστηκεν, “further you are well aware how I told you in conversation that the sesame and croton are ready”: cf. P Lille I. 8° (ili/B.c.) γεωργῶ γῆν βασιλικὴν τιἀρουρῶν) pe, καὶ ἡ γῆ παρέστηκεν. The intrans. sense ‘‘appear” is seen in P Oxy XIV. 1642? (appointment of a representative—A.D. 289) ἀποσυνἰστημί σε κατὰ ταῦτά μου τὰ γράμματα παραστῆναι παρὰ σοὶ ἐν τῷ ᾿Οξυρυγχείτῃ, “1 appoint you by this my deed to appear at home in the Oxyrhynchite nome as my representative” (Edd.). For the literal sense ‘“am standing by,” ‘am at hand,” as in Lk 19%, cf. Aristeas 19. For the subst. παράστασις cf. P Magd 224 (B.c. 221) καταπλεῦσαί pe εἰς τὴν πόλιν ἐπὶ τὴν παράστασιν τὴν γε[νομ]ένην ἡμῶ[ν, ‘ pour notre comparution,’” P Oxy VII. 10338 (AD. 392) ἀναγκαζόμεθα δὲ συνεχῶς ἕνεκεν τῆς παραστάσεως διαφόρων προσώπων, ‘we are often called upon for the production of various persons” (Ed.). The reference to the happily completed building of the Temple of Artemis in Afagn 100 «132 (2nd half of ii/B.c.) θείας ἐπιπνοίας καὶ παραστάσεως γενομένης τῷ σύμπαντι πλήθει τοῦ πολιτεύματος εἰς τὴν ἀποκατάστασιν τοῦ ναοῦ might serve, as Thieme remarks (ZNV7W vii. (1906), p. 265 f.) for the dedication of a Christian church at the present Or
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
παρίημι (pariēmi) — to neglect. παρίημι, future παρήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 1 παρῆκα [Refs]: 3rd.pers. plural aorist 2 παρεῖσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle παρείς [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect παρεῖκα (see. below); παρῆκα [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, aorist 1 παρείθην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; infinitive παρεθῆναι [Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist 2 παρείμην [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect παρεῖμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—let fall at the side, let fall, πὰρ δ᾽ ἴεισι τὰ πτέρα [Refs 7th c.BC+] —passive, ἡ δὲ παρείθη μήρινθος ποτὶ γαῖαν it hung down to earth, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II. pass by, pass over, πᾶν ἔθνος καταστρεφόμενος καὶ οὐδὲν παριείς [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, περὶ μὲν τούτου παρείσθω [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II.2. pass unnoticed, disregard, τι [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, παίδων πόθος παρεῖτο [Refs 4th c.BC+]: with infinitive, omit to do, παρέντα τοῦ μὲν τὸ φρόνιμον ἐγκωμιάζειν, τοῦ δὲ τὸ ἄφρον ψέγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with a negative repeated, μὴ παρῇς τὸ μὴ οὐ φράσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with participle, οὐ παρίει σείων ὁ θεός [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—middle, neglect, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. of Time, let pass, τὸν χειμῶνα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. relax, τοὺς τερθρίους παρίει [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἶνος παρίησι weakens, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; remit, γόον, πόθον, χόλον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; give up, μελέτας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν φελλόν give up the use of.., Thphr. [prev. cited]:—passive, to be relaxed, weakened, κόπου δ᾽ ὕπο.. παρεῖται [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2. τοῦ ποδὸς παρίει slack away the sheet, [Refs 5th c.BC+] letting go one's hold of moderation, i. e. giving it up, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.3. remit punishment, τιμωρίαν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; pardon, τὴν συμφοράν [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, ἐποίησεν παρεθῆμεν (Doric dialect for παρεθῆναι) secured our release from the obligation, [Refs 1st c.BC+]: with genitive, παρεῖσθαι τὰς πόλεις τῶν τόκων [Refs 1st c.BC+]
IV. yield, give up, νίκην τινί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; leave a thing to another, σοὶ παρεὶς τάδε [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, give up, συμμαχίαν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; resign, στρατηγίαν [Refs 2nd c.AD+] —passive, [γῆ] παρειμένη left in private ownership, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
IV.2. permit, allow, with dative person et infinitive, ἄλλῳ δὲ παρήσομεν οὐδενὶ ναυαρχέειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]subjunctive, πάρες ὑπερβῶ suffer me to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μὴ παρῇς σαυτοῦ βροτοῖς ὄνειδος do not allow them to have cause to reproach thee, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρῆκεν, ὥστε βραχέα μοι δεῖσθαι φράσαι has allowed that there should be but little for me to say, [Refs]
V. allow to pass, admit, οὐδεὶς ὅστις οὐ παρήσει [ἡμέας] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἐς τὴν Ἑλλάδα τοὺς βαρβάρους, τὸν Μαρδόνιον ἐπὶ τὴν Ἑ., [Refs]; Ἄδραστον εἰς γῆν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μὴ παρίωμεν εἰς τὴν ψυχήν let us not admit [the thought], [Refs] —middle, βαρβάρους εἰς τὰς ἀκροπόλεις παρεῖνται have admitted them into their very citadels, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of innkeepers, admit, τοὺς καταλύτας ἡμιασσαρίου [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
VI. middle, obtain the leave of a magistrate, παρέμενος τοὺς ἄρχοντας [Refs 5th c.BC+]
VI.2. beg to be excused or let off something, οὐδέν σου παρίεμαι I ask no quarter, [Refs]; οὐκ ἂν παρείμην οἷσι μὴ δοκῶ φρονεῖν I ask no favour of them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so παριέμεσθα καί φαμεν κακῶς φρονεῖν I ask pardon.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
