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Strong's numbers

παρουσία G3952

parousía

par-oo-see'-ah

from the present participle of πάρειμι; a being near, i.e. advent (often, return; specially, of Christ to punish Jerusalem, or finally the wicked); (by implication) physically, aspect:--coming, presence.

Abbott–Smith

παρ-ουσία, -ας, ἡ, [in LXX: Ne 2:6 A, Jth 10:18, II Mac 8:12 15:21, III Mac 3:17*;]
1. usually in cl., a being present, presence: I Co 16:17, II Co 10:10; opp. to ἀπουσία, Phl 2:12 (cf. II Mac 15:21).
2. a coming, arrival, advent (Soph., Eur., Thuc., al., v. LS, s.v.; so Jth 10:18, II Mac 8:12): II Co 7:6, 7, Phl 1:26, II Th 2:9; in late writers (v. M, Th., 145 ff.; MM, xix; LAE, 372 ff.) as technical term for the visit of a king; hence, in NT, specif. of the Advent or Parousia of Christ: Mt 24:3, 27, 37, 39, I Co 15:23, I Th 2:19 3:13 4:15 5:23, II Th 2:1, 8, Ja 5:7, 8, II Pe 1:16 3:4, 12, I Jo 2:28.†

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), in the public domain.


24 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • Matthew 24:3
    And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
  • Matthew 24:27
    For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
  • Matthew 24:37
    But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
  • Matthew 24:39
    And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
  • 1 Corinthians 15:23
    But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
  • 1 Corinthians 16:17
    I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied.
  • 2 Corinthians 7:6
    Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
  • 2 Corinthians 7:7
    And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.
  • 2 Corinthians 10:10
    For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
  • Philippians 1:26
    That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.

4 in the Septuagint

  • Judith 10:18
    καὶ ἐγένετο συνδρομὴ ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ, διεβοήθη γὰρ εἰς τὰ σκηνώματα ἡ παρουσία αὐτῆς· καὶ ἐλθόντες ἐκύκλουν αὐτὴν ὡς ἱστήκει ἔξω τῆς σκηνῆς Ὀλοφέρνου, ἕως προσήγγειλαν αὐτῷ περὶ αὐτῆς.
  • 2 Maccabees 8:12
    τῷ δὲ Ἰούδᾳ προσέπεσεν περὶ τῆς τοῦ Νικάνορος ἐφόδου· καὶ μεταδόντος τοῖς σὺν αὐτῷ τὴν παρουσίαν τοῦ στρατοπέδου,
  • 2 Maccabees 15:21
    συνιδὼν ὁ Μακκαβαῖος τὴν τῶν πληθῶν παρουσίαν καὶ τῶν ὅπλων τὴν ποικίλην παρασκευήν, τήν τε τῶν θηρίων ἐπὶ μέρος εὔκαιρον ἀγριότητα, ἀνατείνας χεῖρας εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, ἐπεκαλέσατο τὸν τερατοποιὸν κύριον, γινώσκων ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν δι’ ὅπλων, καθὼς δὲ ἐὰν αὐτῷ κριθῇ, τοῖς ἀξίοις περιποιεῖται τὴν νίκην.
  • 3 Maccabees 3:17
    οἱ δὲ λόγῳ μὲν τὴν ἡμετέραν ἀποδεξάμενοι παρουσίαν, τῷ δὲ πράγματι νόθως, προθυμηθέντων ἡμῶν εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὸν ναὸν αὐτῶν καὶ τοῖς ἐκπρεπέσιν καὶ καλλίστοις ἀναθήμασιν τιμῆσαι,

Biblion's Septuagint: the Greek Old Testament in H. B. Swete's edition (Cambridge, 1896–1905), as digitized by the Open Greek and Latin project at the University of Leipzig (First1KGreek), corrected against the printed pages, with lemmas, morphology, Strong's numbers and links to the Hebrew prepared for Biblion. CC BY-SA 4.0.