παρά (G3844) — Greek Lexicon

παρά

pará

G3844 preposition

SILEX Entry

Definition

A primary preposition indicating position, movement, or relation in proximity to something, with nuances determined by the governing case. With the genitive, it often means 'from beside' or 'from among'; with the dative, 'by,' 'beside,' or 'at the side of'; with the accusative, 'alongside,' 'to the side of,' or 'beyond.' The senses can extend to figurative relationships such as 'in the presence of,' 'in the judgement of,' 'contrary to,' or 'in comparison with.'

Semantic Range

from beside, from among, by, beside, at the side of, with, along the side of, to the side of, near, in the sight of, in the judgement of, contrary to, in comparison with, beyond, on account of

Root / Etymology

From the Greek root παρά-, meaning 'beside' or 'alongside.' Not derived from another word. Cognate with Latin 'para,' and shares a Proto-Indo-European root *per- meaning 'through,' 'across,' or 'beside.'

Historical & Contextual Notes

In classical Greek, παρά is widely used as a preposition expressing spatial, temporal, and figurative relations of proximity or derivation. Its specific meaning is heavily influenced by the case that follows, and it is highly productive in forming compound words. In Hellenistic and Koine Greek, including the Septuagint and New Testament, παρά retains these functions but broadens in scope, often expressing nuances such as 'in the sight of' (before someone), 'in comparison with,' or 'contrary to.' Its spatial senses ('by,' 'beside,' 'from beside') remain common, but figurative uses (as in 'from God' or 'in the presence of') become prominent. English translations often fail to capture the prepositional flexibility of παρά, rendering it variously as 'from,' 'by,' 'with,' 'beside,' or even omitting it. Compounded with verbs, παρά can significantly alter the meaning of the root verb, often stressing proximity, separation, or deviation. The preposition's usage in Second Temple and New Testament Greek does not introduce fundamentally new meanings but continues established patterns. There are no significant semantic divergences between the LXX and non-biblical Koine usage, though the range of applications in biblical Greek may lean more heavily on idiomatic and figurative senses due to Semitic influence in translation.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

a primary preposition; properly, near; i.e. (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative case) at (or in) the vicinity of (objectively or subjectively), (with accusative case) to the proximity with (local (especially beyond or opposed to) or causal (on account of):--above, against, among, at, before, by, contrary to, X friend, from, + give (such things as they), + that (she) had, X his, in, more than, nigh unto, (out) of, past, save, side…by, in the sight of, than, (there-)fore, with. In compounds it retains the same variety of application.

Root Family

παρά (para) — beside, near, from alongside, by the side of

Root παρά- beside, near, from alongside, by the side of

Word Forms

2 distinct forms

SIDANCE	Surface	Transliteration	Morphology	Common	SIBI-P1	SIBI-P2	Occurrences
`G3844-02`	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside	135
`G3844-01`	παρ’	par	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside	62

Occurrences in Scripture

197 occurrences

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SIDANCE	Reference	Word	Transliteration	Morphology	Common	SIBI-P1	SIBI-P2
`G3844-01`	Matthew 2:4	παρ’	par	`PREP GEN`	of	from beside	from
`G3844-01`	Matthew 2:7	παρ’	par	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	Matthew 2:16	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-02`	Matthew 4:18	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	by	from beside	by
`G3844-02`	Matthew 6:1	παρὰ	para	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	from beside
`G3844-01`	Matthew 8:10	παρ’	par	`PREP DAT`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	Matthew 13:1	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	by	from beside	beside
`G3844-02`	Matthew 13:4	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	by	from beside	beside
`G3844-02`	Matthew 13:19	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	beside	from beside	by the
`G3844-02`	Matthew 15:29	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	beside	from beside	beside
`G3844-02`	Matthew 15:30	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	at	from beside	at the side of
`G3844-02`	Matthew 18:19	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	by	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	Matthew 19:26	παρὰ	para	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	with humans
`G3844-02`	Matthew 19:26	παρὰ	para-2	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	with
`G3844-01`	Matthew 20:20	παρ’	par	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-02`	Matthew 20:30	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	by	from beside	by
`G3844-01`	Matthew 21:25	παρ’	par	`PREP DAT`	among	from beside	among
`G3844-02`	Matthew 21:42	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-01`	Matthew 22:25	παρ’	par	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	Matthew 28:15	παρὰ	para	`PREP DAT`	among	from beside	among
`G3844-02`	Mark 1:16	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	beside	from beside	beside
`G3844-02`	Mark 2:13	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	by	from beside	by
`G3844-01`	Mark 3:21	παρ’	par	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	Mark 4:1	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	by	from beside	by
`G3844-02`	Mark 4:4	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	beside	from beside	beside
`G3844-02`	Mark 4:15	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	beside	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	Mark 5:21	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	beside	from beside	beside
`G3844-01`	Mark 5:26	παρ’	par	`PREP GEN`	that she had	from beside	from
`G3844-01`	Mark 8:11	παρ’	par	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-02`	Mark 10:27	παρὰ	para	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	with humans
`G3844-02`	Mark 10:27	παρὰ	para-2	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	with God
`G3844-02`	Mark 10:27	παρὰ	para-3	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	with the
`G3844-02`	Mark 10:46	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	by	from beside	by
`G3844-02`	Mark 12:2	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-02`	Mark 12:11	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	Mark 14:43	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-01`	Mark 16:9	παρ’	par	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	Luke 1:30	παρὰ	para	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	Luke 1:37	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	with	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	Luke 1:45	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-02`	Luke 2:1	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-02`	Luke 2:52	παρὰ	para	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	with
`G3844-02`	Luke 3:13	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	than	from beside	than
`G3844-02`	Luke 5:1	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	by	from beside	by
`G3844-02`	Luke 5:2	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	beside	from beside	by
`G3844-01`	Luke 6:19	παρ’	par	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from him
`G3844-01`	Luke 6:34	παρ’	par	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-02`	Luke 7:38	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	at	from beside	beside
`G3844-02`	Luke 8:5	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	by	from beside	beside
`G3844-02`	Luke 8:12	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	beside	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	Luke 8:35	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	at	from beside	at
`G3844-02`	Luke 8:41	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	at	from beside	at
`G3844-02`	Luke 8:49	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-01`	Luke 9:47	παρ’	par	`PREP DAT`	beside	from beside	beside
`G3844-01`	Luke 10:7	παρ’	par	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-01`	Luke 11:16	παρ’	par	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-01`	Luke 11:37	παρ’	par	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	with
`G3844-01`	Luke 12:48	παρ’	par	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-02`	Luke 13:2	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	above/beyond	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	Luke 13:4	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	more than	from beside	more than
`G3844-02`	Luke 17:16	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	at	from beside	beside
`G3844-01`	Luke 18:14	παρ’	par	`PREP ACC`	rather than	from beside	rather than
`G3844-02`	Luke 18:27	παρὰ	para	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	Luke 18:27	παρὰ	para-2	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	Luke 18:35	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	by	from beside	by
`G3844-02`	Luke 19:7	παρὰ	para	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	with
`G3844-02`	John 1:6	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	John 1:14	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	of	from beside	from beside
`G3844-01`	John 1:39	παρ’	par	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	beside
`G3844-02`	John 1:40	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-01`	John 4:9	παρ’	par	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-01`	John 4:40	παρ’	par	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	with
`G3844-01`	John 4:52	παρ’	par	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-02`	John 5:34	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from a human being
`G3844-02`	John 5:41	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	John 5:44	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	John 5:44	παρὰ	para-2	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	John 6:45	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-02`	John 6:46	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-01`	John 7:29	παρ’	par	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-01`	John 7:51	παρ’	par	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-01`	John 8:26	παρ’	par	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-02`	John 8:38	παρὰ	para	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	John 8:38	παρὰ	para-2	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	John 8:40	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-02`	John 9:16	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	John 9:33	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-02`	John 10:18	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-01`	John 14:17	παρ’	par	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	with
`G3844-01`	John 14:23	παρ’	par	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	with
`G3844-01`	John 14:25	παρ’	par	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	with
`G3844-02`	John 15:15	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-02`	John 15:26	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	John 15:26	παρὰ	para-2	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	John 16:27	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	John 16:28	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	John 17:5	παρὰ	para	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	with
`G3844-02`	John 17:5	παρὰ	para-2	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	with
`G3844-02`	John 17:7	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	John 17:8	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	John 19:25	παρὰ	para	`PREP DAT`	by	from beside	by
`G3844-02`	Acts 2:33	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-02`	Acts 3:2	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from those
`G3844-01`	Acts 3:5	παρ’	par	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	Acts 4:35	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	at	from beside	at
`G3844-02`	Acts 4:37	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	at	from beside	beside
`G3844-02`	Acts 5:2	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	at	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	Acts 7:16	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-02`	Acts 7:58	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	at	from beside	at
`G3844-01`	Acts 9:2	παρ’	par	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-02`	Acts 9:14	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-02`	Acts 9:43	παρά	para	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	with
`G3844-02`	Acts 10:6	παρά	para	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	with
`G3844-02`	Acts 10:6	παρὰ	para-2	`PREP ACC`	by	from beside	by
`G3844-02`	Acts 10:22	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	Acts 10:32	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	by	from beside	by
`G3844-02`	Acts 16:13	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	by	from beside	by
`G3844-02`	Acts 17:9	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-01`	Acts 18:3	παρ’	par	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	with
`G3844-02`	Acts 18:13	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	contrary to	from beside	contrary to
`G3844-02`	Acts 20:24	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-01`	Acts 21:7	παρ’	par	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	with
`G3844-01`	Acts 21:8	παρ’	par	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	with
`G3844-01`	Acts 21:16	παρ’	par	`PREP DAT`	to	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	Acts 22:3	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	at	from beside	beside
`G3844-01`	Acts 22:5	παρ’	par	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-01`	Acts 24:8	παρ’	par	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-01`	Acts 26:8	παρ’	par	`PREP DAT`	among	from beside	among
`G3844-02`	Acts 26:10	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-01`	Acts 28:14	παρ’	par	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	Acts 28:22	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from you
`G3844-02`	Romans 1:25	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	rather-than	from beside	beside
`G3844-02`	Romans 1:26	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	against	from beside	against
`G3844-02`	Romans 2:11	παρὰ	para	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	with
`G3844-02`	Romans 2:13	παρὰ	para	`PREP DAT`	before	from beside	from beside
`G3844-01`	Romans 4:18	παρ’	par	`PREP ACC`	against	from beside	against
`G3844-02`	Romans 9:14	παρὰ	para	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	Romans 11:24	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	contrary to	from beside	from beside
`G3844-01`	Romans 11:25	παρ’	par	`PREP DAT`	beside	from beside	among
`G3844-01`	Romans 11:27	παρ’	par	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-01`	Romans 12:3	παρ’	par	`PREP ACC`	than	from beside	beyond
`G3844-01`	Romans 12:16	παρ’	par	`PREP DAT`	in	from beside	beside
`G3844-01`	Romans 14:5	παρ’	par	`PREP ACC`	above	from beside	above
`G3844-02`	Romans 16:17	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	contrary to	from beside	contrary to
`G3844-02`	1 Corinthians 3:11	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	than	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	1 Corinthians 3:19	παρὰ	para	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	with
`G3844-02`	1 Corinthians 7:24	παρὰ	para	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	with
`G3844-02`	1 Corinthians 12:15	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	for	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	1 Corinthians 12:16	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	for all that	from beside	for all that
`G3844-01`	1 Corinthians 16:2	παρ’	par	`PREP DAT`	by	from beside	from beside
`G3844-01`	2 Corinthians 1:17	παρ’	par	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	from me
`G3844-02`	2 Corinthians 8:3	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	beyond	from beside	beyond
`G3844-02`	2 Corinthians 11:24	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	less	from beside	from
`G3844-01`	Galatians 1:8	παρ’	par	`PREP ACC`	contrary to	from beside	from beside
`G3844-01`	Galatians 1:9	παρ’	par	`PREP ACC`	contrary to	from beside	contrary to
`G3844-02`	Galatians 1:12	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-02`	Galatians 3:11	παρὰ	para	`PREP DAT`	before	from beside	before
`G3844-02`	Ephesians 6:8	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-01`	Ephesians 6:9	παρ’	par	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	Philippians 4:18	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-01`	Philippians 4:18	παρ’	par	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-01`	Colossians 4:16	παρ’	par	`PREP DAT`	among	from beside	among
`G3844-01`	1 Thessalonians 2:13	παρ’	par	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-01`	1 Thessalonians 4:1	παρ’	par	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-02`	2 Thessalonians 1:6	παρὰ	para	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	with
`G3844-01`	2 Thessalonians 3:6	παρ’	par	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-02`	2 Thessalonians 3:8	παρά	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-01`	2 Timothy 1:13	παρ’	par	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-02`	2 Timothy 1:18	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-01`	2 Timothy 2:2	παρ’	par	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	2 Timothy 3:14	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-02`	2 Timothy 4:13	παρὰ	para	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	with
`G3844-01`	Hebrews 1:4	παρ’	par	`PREP ACC`	than	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	Hebrews 1:9	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	above	from beside	from among
`G3844-01`	Hebrews 2:7	παρ’	par	`PREP ACC`	than	from beside	than
`G3844-01`	Hebrews 2:9	παρ’	par	`PREP ACC`	than	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	Hebrews 3:3	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	than	from beside	beside
`G3844-02`	Hebrews 9:23	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	than	from beside	than
`G3844-02`	Hebrews 11:4	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	than	from beside	than
`G3844-02`	Hebrews 11:11	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	beyond	from beside	at
`G3844-02`	Hebrews 11:12	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	by	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	Hebrews 12:24	παρὰ	para	`PREP ACC`	than	from beside	than
`G3844-02`	James 1:5	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	who gives	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	James 1:7	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-01`	James 1:17	παρ’	par	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	James 1:27	παρὰ	para	`PREP DAT`	before	from beside	before
`G3844-02`	1 Peter 2:4	παρὰ	para	`PREP DAT`	by	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	1 Peter 2:20	παρὰ	para	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	2 Peter 1:17	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-02`	2 Peter 2:11	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	before	from beside	before
`G3844-02`	2 Peter 3:8	παρὰ	para	`PREP DAT`	with	from beside	with
`G3844-02`	2 John 1:3	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	2 John 1:3	παρὰ	para-2	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from beside
`G3844-02`	2 John 1:4	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-01`	Revelation 2:13	παρ’	par	`PREP DAT`	among	from beside	among
`G3844-02`	Revelation 2:28	παρὰ	para	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from
`G3844-01`	Revelation 3:18	παρ’	par	`PREP GEN`	from	from beside	from

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