Bible Lexicons

For the transitive use of παράγω (as in MGr) = ";bring forward,"; which is not found in the NT, we may cite BGU IV. 1139.19 (B.C. 5) where steps are taken to compel a certain Paris—παραγαγεῖν τὴν θυγατέρα ἡμῶν, [ἵν ]α ̣ ἀποκομισθώμεθα αὐτὴν κα ̣ὶ ̣ ὦ ̣[μεν ε ]ὐ ̣ε ̣ρ ̣γ ̣ε ̣τ ̣η ̣(μένοι), and P Oxy VI. 971 (i/ii A.D.) where payment of so many obols is made to workmen—ἀντλ (οῦσι) καὶ παράγ (ουσι) ὑδραγ (ωγόν).

For the meaning ";pass by,"; as in Matthew 20:30 al., cf. P Tebt I. 17.4 (B.C. 114) τῆι δὲ ι ̄ς ̄ παράγειν τὴν κώμην, ";on the 16th pass by the village."; In P Magd 12.7 (B.C. 217) the meaning passes into ";lead astray,"; παρήγαγόν με οὐ βουλόμενοι σφραγίσασθαι τὴν συγγραφήν, ";ils me dupent en refusant de sceller le bail"; (Ed.) : cf. Pindar Nem. vii. 23 σοφία δὲ κλέπτει παράγοισα μύθοις. In Mark 1:16 παράγων is almost = ";walking"; : note v.l. περιπατῶν. In P Lond 1169.45 (ii/A.D.) (= III. p. 45) καθ᾽ ἣν ἔσχε παραγω —, Wilcken (Archiv iv. p. 532) reads not παράγων but παραγωγήν in the sense of a ";Passierschein"; or ";pass."; The subst. is also found in BGU II. 362viii. 9 (A.D. 215) σὺν παραγωγῇ.