Bible Lexicons

For παράκειμαι, ";lie to my hand,"; ";am present,"; as in Romans 7:18; Romans 7:21, we may compare P Oxy III. 530.17 ff. (ii/A.D.) where a son writes to his mother with reference to certain payments—εἰ πλεῖον δέ μοι παρέκει [το ], πάλιν σοι ἀπεστάλκειν, καὶ τοῦτο πέ [μ ]πων κέχρημαι, ";if I had had more, I would have forwarded a further sum; I have borrowed to send even this"; (Edd.). Striking is the Christian prayer of iv/v A.D. written ";in large rude uncials,"; P Oxy VII. 1058—

Ὁ θ (εὸ)ς τῶν παρακει -

μένων σταυρῶν,

βοήθησον τὸν δο -

ῦλόν σου Ἀπφουᾶν.

ἀμήν.

";O God of the crosses that are laid upon us, help thy servant Apphouas. Amen"; (Ed.). Cf. also Kaibel 703.3 (ii/iii A.D.) γαία πατρὶς ᾗ παράκειμαι. Preisigke Wörterbuch s.v. gives a large number of Ptolemaic exx. of the word, e.g. P Tebt I. 61(b).132 (B.C. 118–7) διὰ τὸ [ν ὄ ]μβρον τῶν παρακειμένων ὑδάτων.

For a new trans. use of the verb = ";bring in,"; ";adduce,"; cf. P Par 15.35 (B.C. 120) ἠρώτησεν τὸν Ἑρμίαν εἴ τινα ἀπόδειξιν παρακεῖται, P Tor I. 1vi. 4 (B.C. 116) παρακεῖσθαι αὐτὸν τὴν συνχώρησιν, and see Mayser Gr. II. i. p. 88.