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Strong's #3952 - παρουσία
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- presence
- the coming, arrival, advent
- the future visible return from heaven of Jesus, to raise the dead, hold the last judgment, and set up formally and gloriously the kingdom of God
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παρουσ-ία, ἡ,
(πάρειμι)
presence, of persons, δεσπότου, etc., A. Pers. 169, etc.; ἀνδρῶν π., = ἄνδρες οἱ παρόντες, E. Alc. 606; πόλις μείζων τῆς ἡμετέρας π., = ἡμῶν τῶν παρόντων, Th. 6.86; παρουσίαν μὲν οἶσθα.. φίλων, ὡς οὔτις ἡμῖν ἐστιν, i.e. that we have no friends present to assist us, S. El. 948; of things, κακῶν E. Hec. 227, Ar. Th. 1049; ἀγαθῶν Pl. Grg. 497e: abs., παρουσίαν ἔχειν, = παρεῖναι, S. Aj. 540; τὰ τῆς τύχης.. κοινὰς [ἔχει] τὰς παρουσίας D. Prooem. 39; αὐτὸ τὸ ἀγαθὸν [αἴτιον] τῇ π. τοῖς ἄλλοις τοῦ ἀγαθὰ εἶναι Arist. EE 1217b5, cf. Pl. Phd. 100d, etc.
2. arrival, ἡμῶν κοινόπουν π. S. El. 1104, cf. E. Alc. 209, Th. 1.128; εἰς Ἰταλίαν D.H. 1.45; esp. visit of a royal or official personage, βασιλέως, etc., PTeb. 48.14 (ii B. C.), IPE 12.32 A 85 (Olbia, iii B.C.), etc.; of a god, IG 42(1).122.34(Epid.).
3. occasion, v.l. in S. El. 1251.
4. π. τισὶ ποιεῖσθαι entertain them on their official visits, OGI 139.9 (Philae, ii B.C.).
5. in NT, the Advent, Matthew 24:27, al.
6. Astrol., situation of a planet at a point on the zodiac, ἤτοι κατὰ παρουσίαν ἢ κατὰ συμμαρτυρίαν Vett.Val. 49.26.
II substance, property, ὡς.. ἔχομεν παρουσίας Pl.Com. 177, cf. Men. 471; π. χρημάτων Crates Com. 16.
2. contribution in money, Sch. Luc. Phal. 1.3 (pl.).
παρουσία, παρουσίας, ἡ (παρών, παροῦσα, παρουσον, from πάρειμι which see) in Greek authors from the Tragg., Thucydides, Plato down; not found in the Sept.;
1. presence: 1 Corinthians 16:17; 2 Corinthians 10:10; opposed to ἀπουσίᾳ, Philippians 2:12 (2 Macc. 15:21; (Aristotle, phys. 2, 3, p. 195a, 14; metaphys. 4, 2, p. 1013b, 14; meteor. 4, 5, p. 382a, 33 etc.)).
2. the presence of one coming, hence, the coming, arrival, advent, ((Polybius 3, 41, 1. 8); Judith 10:18; 2 Macc. 8:12; (Hermas, sim. 5, 5, 3 [ET])): 2 Corinthians 7:6; 2 Thessalonians 2:9 (cf.
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παρ -ουσία , -ας , ἡ ,
[in LXX: Nehemiah 2:6 A, Judith 10:18, 2 Maccabees 8:12; 2 Maccabees 15:21, 3 Maccabees 3:17*;]
1. usually in cl., a being present, presence: 1 Corinthians 16:17, 2 Corinthians 10:10; opp. to ἀπουσία , Philippians 2:12 (cf. 2 Maccabees 15:21).
2. a coming, arrival, advent (Soph., Eur., Thuc., al., v. LS, s.v.; so Jth, l.c., 2 Maccabees 8:12) : 2 Corinthians 7:6-7, Philippians 1:26, 2 Thessalonians 2:9; in late writers (v. M, Th., 145 ff.; MM, xix; LAE, 372 ff.) as technical term for the visit of a king; hence, in NT, specif. of the Advent or Parousia of Christ : Matthew 24:3; Matthew 24:27; Matthew 24:37; Matthew 24:39, 1 Corinthians 15:23, 1 Thessalonians 2:19; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; 1 Thessalonians 4:15; 1 Thessalonians 5:23, 2 Thessalonians 2:1; 2 Thessalonians 2:8, James 5:7-8, 2 Peter 1:16; 2 Peter 3:4; 2 Peter 3:12, 1 John 2:28.†
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περισσεύω, with the meaning ";remain over,"; as often in the NT (Matthew 15:37, al.), occurs in Syll 306 (= .3672).19 (B.C. 162–0) εἰ δέ τι περισσεύοι ἀπὸ τῶν τόκων, and ib. .3250ii. 33 (B. C 338–7) τῶν ] σκευῶν τῶμ περισσευσάντω [ν σταδίου. The common Pauline sense ";have abundance"; survives in MGr περισσεύω.
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