[B-Greek] PAROUSIA

Lawrence G. May lgblmay at cox.net
Sat Apr 5 00:41:54 EST 2003


Here's what I have on parousia:

3952 parousia parousia par-oo-see'-ah
	from the present participle of 3918; TDNT-5:858,791; n f
	KJV-coming 22, presence 2; 24
1) presence
2) the coming, arrival, advent
	2a) 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

3918 pareimi pareimi par'-i-mee
	from 3844 and 1510 (including its various forms); TDNT-5:858,791; v
	AV-be present 9, come 7, present 3, be present here 1, be here 1, such
things as one hath + 3588 1, he that lacketh + 3361 + 3739 1; 23

1) to be by, be at hand, to have arrived, to be present
2) to be ready, in store, at command

3844 para para par-ah'
	a root word; TDNT-5:727,771; prep
	AV-of 51, with 42, from 24, by ... side 15, at 12, than 11, misc 45; 200
	1) from, of at, by, besides, near

1510 eimi eimi i-mee'
	the first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a
 	primary and defective verb; TDNT-2:398,206; v
	AV-I am + 1473 74, am 55, it is I + 1473 6, be 2, I was + 1473 1, have
 	been 1, not tr 7; 146

1) to be, to exist, to happen, to be present

Eimi then is translated "I am." When the preposition 'para' is used as a
proclitic it seems to be a statement like "I am beside you." or simply
'present."

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LSJ (Perseus, on the 'Net) defines PAROUSIA as:

1. presence
2. arrival
3. occasion
4. p. tisi poieisthai entertain them on their official _visits_,
OGI139.9 (Philae, ii B.C.).
5. in NT, the Advent, Ev.Matt.24.27, al.
6. Astrol., situation of a planet at a point

Zerwick (Zerwick-Grosvenor, otherwise known as "Max and Mary") regards
it as a technical term (t.t.) for Christ's advent (I Thess. 2:19).

These are all the tools I have here.

Thus, LSJ and Zerwick indicate in the NT it means (with reference to
Christ) His Coming.

Context is probably the best indicator as to what PAROUSIA means in a
particular verse, and in some verses it may mean simply "presence."

My two cents.

--
Eric S. Weiss
http://home1.gte.net/vzn05pnm/index.htm
S.D.G.


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