Strong's Concordance parousia: a presence, a coming Original Word: παρουσία, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: parousia Phonetic Spelling: (par-oo-see'-ah) Short Definition: presence, a coming, arrival, advent Definition: (a) presence, (b) a coming, an arrival, advent, especially of the second coming of Christ. HELPS Word-studies 3952 parousía (from parōn, "be present, arrive to enter into a situation") – properly, coming, especially the arrival of the owner who alone can deal with a situation (cf. LS). 3952 (parousía) is a "technical term with reference to the visit of a king or some other official, 'a royal visit' " (Souter) – "hence, in the NT, specifically of the Advent or Parousia of Christ" (A-S). [3952 (parousía) is "used in the east as a technical expression for the royal visit of a king, or emperor. The word means literally 'the being beside,' thus, 'the personal presence' " (K. Wuest, 3, Bypaths, 33).] Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3952: παρουσίαπαρουσία, 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. From the present participle of pareimi; a being near, i.e. Advent (often, return; specially, of Christ to punish Jerusalem, or finally the wicked); (by implication) physically, aspect -- coming, presence. see GREEK pareimi Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 395224 Occurrences παρουσία — 15 Occ. παρουσίαν — 3 Occ. παρουσίας — 6 Occ. Matthew 24:3 N-GFS GRK: τῆς σῆς παρουσίας καὶ συντελείας NAS: [will be] the sign of Your coming, and of the end KJV: of thy coming, and INT: the your coming and the completion Matthew 24:27 N-NFS Matthew 24:37 N-NFS Matthew 24:39 N-NFS 1 Corinthians 15:23 N-DFS 1 Corinthians 16:17 N-DFS 2 Corinthians 7:6 N-DFS 2 Corinthians 7:7 N-DFS 2 Corinthians 10:10 N-NFS Philippians 1:26 N-GFS Philippians 2:12 N-DFS 1 Thessalonians 2:19 N-DFS 1 Thessalonians 3:13 N-DFS 1 Thessalonians 4:15 N-AFS 1 Thessalonians 5:23 N-DFS 2 Thessalonians 2:1 N-GFS 2 Thessalonians 2:8 N-GFS 2 Thessalonians 2:9 N-NFS James 5:7 N-GFS James 5:8 N-NFS 2 Peter 1:16 N-AFS 2 Peter 3:4 N-GFS 2 Peter 3:12 N-AFS 1 John 2:28 N-DFS |
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