3897. paraplésios
Lexicon
paraplésios: Similar, resembling, nearly

Original Word: παραπλήσιος
Part of Speech: Adverb
Transliteration: paraplésios
Pronunciation: pah-rah-PLAY-see-os
Phonetic Spelling: (par-ap-lay'-see-on)
KJV: nigh unto
NASB: point
Word Origin: [neuter of a compound of G3844 (παρά - than) and the base of G4139 (πλησίον - neighbor) (as adverb)]

1. close by
2. (figuratively) almost

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
nigh unto.

Neuter of a compound of para and the base of plesion (as adverb); close by, i.e. (figuratively) almost -- nigh unto.

see GREEK para

see GREEK plesion

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from a comp. of para and the same as plésion
Definition
coming near, nearly resembling
NASB Translation
point (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3897: παραπλήσιον

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)

Forms and Transliterations
παραπλησιον παραπλήσιον paraplesion paraplēsion paraplḗsion
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Englishman's Concordance
Philippians 2:27 Adv
GRK: γὰρ ἠσθένησεν παραπλήσιον θανάτῳ ἀλλὰ
NAS: he was sick to the point of death,
KJV: he was sick nigh unto death:
INT: indeed he was sick like to death but

Strong's Greek 3897
1 Occurrence


παραπλήσιον — 1 Occ.

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