Bible Lexicons

πάρειμι = (1) ";am present"; : P Lille I. 12.1 (B.C. 250–249) ἐμνήσθην σοι καὶ παρόντι περὶ τῶν ρ ̄ (ἀρουρῶν), ";I have recalled to you in your presence (i.e. by word of mouth) the affair of the hundred arourae,"; P Lond 42.22 (B.C. 168) (= I. p. 30, UPZ i. p. 300, Selections, p. 10) ὡς ἔτ [ι ] σοῦ παρόντος πάντων ἐπεδεόμην, ";while you were still at home I went short altogether,"; P Amh II. 66.85 (A.D. 124) παρεῖναι τοὺς μαρτυρῆσαι δυναμένους τὸ [ν ] φόν [ο ]ν, ";that there were present persons able to witness to the murder"; (Edd.), and P Oxy VII. 1070.50 (iii/A.D.) κατ᾽ ὄψιν παρών, ";when with you in person"; (Ed.); (2) ";have come"; : P Par 46.18 (B.C. 153) (= UPZ i. p. 338) παραχρῆμα παρέσομαι πρὸς σέ, P Ryl II. 77.45 (A.D. 192) παρὼν εἶπ (εν), ";came forward and said."; Field (Notes, p. 65) prefers this latter meaning in Luke 13:1 : see also Matthew 26:50 al.

We may add a few exx. of prepositional phrases—P Tebt II. 423.14 (early iii/A.D.) ἐν τῷ παρόντι, ";at present,"; P Ryl II. 108.7 (A.D. 110–1) ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος, ";for the present,"; P Fay 122.21 (c. A.D. 100) (as in Olsson Papyrus-briefe, p. 179) κ ̣α ̣τ ̣α ̣̣ παρό [ντα, ";at present,"; P Giss I. 47.15 (time of Hadrian) πρὸς τὸ παρόν, ";with regard to the present"; (cf. Hebrews 12:11) : cf. also P Ryl II. 109.10 (A.D. 235) ἐπὶ παρόντι σοι διὰ βοηθοῦ, ";you being represented by an assistant"; (Edd.).