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Strong’s G3873 · Greek

παράκειμαι

parákeimai · par-ak'-i-mahee

Origin from παρά (G3844) and κεῖμαι (G2749);

Meaning to lie near, i.e. be at hand (figuratively, be prompt or easy)

In the King James Version be present.

In 2 verses of the King James Version

  1. Romans 7:18For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
  2. Romans 7:21I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.

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