Quick Definition
πάροδος, ου, ἡ n.f. a passing by or through
Strong's Definition
from 3844 and 3598; a by-road, i.e. (actively) a route
KJV Usage: way
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ου | ὁδεύω
15.29 · Linear Movement · Pass, Cross Over, Go Through, Go Around
to pass by, to travel on through, to travel past to pass by some point of reference as one travels A strictly literal translation of 1CO 16:7 in the form ‘I do not want to see you just briefly as I travel past’ may be misleading, for it might imply that Paul simply did not want to have a glance at the people as he travelled past. In fact, the negative in this expression may result in serious misunderstanding, and therefore it may be better to translate ‘I want to have an opportunity to talk with you as I travel on through’ or ‘I wish to visit you at least for a while as I journey on.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πάροδος, -ov, 7, (παρά, near by; ὁδός), a passing by or passage: ἐν παρόδῳ, in passing, [A. V. by the way], 1 Co. xvi. 7. (Thue. 1, 126; v. 4; Polyb. 5, 68, 8; Cic. ad Att. 5, 20, 2; Lcian. dial. deor. 24, 2.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πάροδος parodos 1x
a way by; a passing by; ἐν παρόδῳ, in passing, by the way, 1 Cor. 16:7*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πάρ-οδος, -ου, ἡ,
[in LXX: Ge 38:14 (דֶּרֶךְ), etc.;]
a passing or passage: ἐν π., in passing, I Co 16:7.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πάροδος. With this NT dar. εἰρ. (1 Cor 167), cr. PSI IV. 3545 (B.C. 254-3) ἐστὶν δὲ ἐν παρόδωι. See also OG/S 5441* (ii/A.D.) ἐν τῆι τῶν ὄχλων παρόδων, with Dittenberger’s note. The LXX use of the word ‘ passer-by,” ‘‘ traveller ” (e.g. 2 Kingd 124), is found in an epigram of the Imperial period cited by Deissmann 2.4.8 p. 296, where an old man Chrysogonus is represented as παντὶ λέγων παρόSw: πεῖνε, βλέπις τὸ τέλος, “saying to each passer-by, ‘Drink, for thou seest {πὸ end’”. Cf. also Kazbe/ 2369 1: (ii/i B.c. )— μᾶλλον δὲ κλαύσας, mapode, τὴν ἐμὴν τύχην Baiv’ οὗ φίλον σοι καὶ τύχοις ὅσων θέλεις, “‘rather having bewailed, passer-by, my fate, go where it is pleasant for you, and may you obtain all that you wish !”’ In an account of early ii/A.p., P Amh II. 126°4, there are included παροδίων (δραχμαὶ) p, and in P Lond 318? (A.D. 156-7), 330° (A.D. 164) (=II. p. 87 f.) παρόδιον (not in LS8) is understood by the editor as ‘‘a pass or permit to travel.” For the adj. παρόδιος cf. P Tebt [. 4533 (B.C. 113) τὴν παρόδιον θύραν, ‘the street door,” and so 26. 4734, and for the verb παροδεύω (as in Sap 18) see Karbel 8104— μή pe μάτην, ξεῖνοι, παροδεύετε, γειτνιόωσαν πόντῳ καὶ Νύμφαις Κύπριδα καὶ Βρομίωι, ie. subsistite viatores fruituri quae ab mart, ab fonte, a Baccho vobis bona parata sunt (Ed.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πάροδος (parodos) — passing by. πάροδος, ἡ,
__B way by or past, passage, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. καὶ τροπαὶ τῶν ἄστρων[Refs 6th c.AD+]; π. τοῦ χρόνου passage, lapse of time, [Refs 3rd c.AD+] __B.b Astrology texts, rotation of chronocratory, Vett.[Refs 2nd c.AD+] __B.2 going by or past, passing, entrance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τῇ π. as they passed by, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; κατὰ τὴν π. [Refs]; ἐκ π., ἐν π., by the way, cursorily, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν π. ἵν᾽ ἔχῃς τῶν θυρῶν εὐνουστέραν entrance by the door, [Refs] __B.II narrow entrance or approach, mountain-pass, as Thermopylae, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λαβεῖν τὰς π. take the pass, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to δίοδοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.II.b especially side-entrance on the stage, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] __B.II.c gallery or passage-way surmounting fortifications, [Refs] __B.III coming forward, appearance, especially before the assembly, [Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.III.2 first entrance of a chorus in the orchestra, which was made from the side wings, [Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.III.2.b first song sung by the chorus after its entrance, [Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.III.3 use of stage for an artist's performance, ἡ π. εὗρεν δραχμήν [Refs] __B.III.4 public recitation, [Refs] __B.IV in a ship, gangway, passage along the deck, [Refs 1st c.AD+]