Greek · G3952 · unreviewed

παρουσία

Coming

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παρουσία G3952

Pronunciation parousía

What does παρουσία (parousía) mean in the Bible?

παρουσία (parousía) is a Greek word meaning "coming". παρ-ουσία, -ας, ἡ [in LXX: Neh. Refers to Christ’s return and final vindication. This term runs through the canonical themes of Messiah.

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Meaning

coming

Extended definition

Physical presence or arrival; in NT, Christ's future coming as a technical term for royal advent.

1usually in cl., a being present, presence: 1Co.16:17, 2Co.10:10; opposite to ἀπουσία, Php.2:12 (cf. 2Ma.15:21).

2a coming, arrival, advent (Soph., Eur., Thuc., al., see LS, see word; so Jth, l.with, 2Ma.8:12) : 2Co.7:6-7, Php.1:26, 2Th.2:9; in late writers (see 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 : Mat.24:3, 27 24:37, 39, 1Co.15:23, 1Th.2:19 3:13 4:15 5:23, 2Th.2:1 2:8, Jas.5:7-8, 2Pe.1:16 3:4 3:12, 1Jn.2:28.

Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith

Why This Word Matters

Refers to Christ’s return and final vindication. James 5:7–11

Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 24:27 · Matt 24:37 · Matt 24:39 · 2 Cor 10:10 · 2 Thess 2:9 · Jas 5:8 6×

Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 24:3 · Phil 1:26 · 2 Thess 2:1 · 2 Thess 2:8 · Jas 5:7 · 2 Pet 3:4 6×

Dative · Singular · Feminine 1 Cor 15:23 · 1 Cor 16:17 · 2 Cor 7:6 · 2 Cor 7:7 · Phil 2:12 · 1 Thess 2:19 · 1 Thess 3:13 · 1 Thess 5:23 · 1 John 2:28 9×

Accusative · Singular · Feminine 1 Thess 4:15 · 2 Pet 1:16 · 2 Pet 3:12 3×

Canonical Themes

Messiah

Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Additional Occurrences

James 5:7–11 παρουσία parousía

coming, presence

New Testament Witnesses

James 5:7–11 παρουσία parousía Nominative · Singular · Feminine

coming

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Matthew 24 — The Olivet Discourse: Temple Desolation, Coming Judgment, the Son of Man, and Watchful Readiness

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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