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Strong's #3897 - παραπλήσιον
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παραπλησιον
Neuter of a compound of G3844 and the base of G4139 (as adverb)
παραπλήσιον (neuter of the adjective παραπλήσιος), adverb, near to, almost to: ἠσθένησεν παραπλήσιον θανάτῳ (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 54, 6), Philippians 2:27. (Thucydides 7, 19; in like manner, Polybius)
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*παρα -πλήσιος , -α , -ον
(Hdt., Plat., al.; also -ος , -ον , Thuc., Polyb.), coming near, nearly resembling. Neut. -ον , adverbially, = ίως , in a way nearly resembling: c. dat., Philippians 2:27.†
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";mourning"; (James 4:9, al.) : cf. P Tebt II. 332.11 (A.D. 176) πένθους ἀνδρὸς θυγατρός μου ἕνεκα, ";on account of my mourning for my daughter’s husband,"; and from the inscrr. OGIS 56.53 (B.C. 238) τὰ πρὸς. . . τὴν τοῦ πένθους ἀπόλυσιν (with the editor’s note), and Syll 324 (=.3730).22 (i/B.C.) χαλεπῶς μὲ ]ν ἤνενκεν τὸ πένθος αὐτοῦ διὰ τὴν χρηστότητα.
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