Strong’s G3904 · Greek
παρασκευή
paraskeuḗ · par-ask-yoo-ay'
Origin as if from παρασκευάζω (G3903);
Meaning readiness
In the King James Version preparation.
In 6 verses of the King James Version
- Matthew 27:62Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
- Mark 15:42And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
- Luke 23:54And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
- John 19:14And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
- John 19:31The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
- John 19:42There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
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.