What is the Strong's number for Para?

The Strong's number for Para (παρά) is G3844. It is a Greek word from Strong's public-domain dictionary keyed to the King James Bible.

Bible word study

Para (Strong’s G3844): Meaning in the Bible

Q: What does Para mean?

Para (παρά, Strong's G3844) is a Greek word. Strong's defines it as properly, near; i.e. (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative case) at (or in) the vicinity of (objectively or subjectively), (with accusative case) to the proximity with (local (especially beyond or opposed to) or causal (on account of). The King James Bible translates it as above, against, among, at, before, by, contrary to, X friend, from, + give (such things as they), + that (she) had, X his, in, more than, nigh unto, (out) of, past, save, side…by, in the sight of, than, (there-)fore, with.

Para (παρά) is the Greek word numbered G3844 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as properly, near; i.e. (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative case) at (or in) the vicinity of (objectively or subjectively), (with accusative case) to the proximity with (local (especially beyond or opposed to) or causal (on account of). In the King James Bible it is translated above, against, among, at, before.

παρά

pará · Greek

Strong’s G3844 · par-ah'

Original wordπαρά
Transliterationpará
Pronunciationpar-ah'
Strong’s numberG3844
LanguageGreek

The full Strong’s definition

properly, near; i.e. (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative case) at (or in) the vicinity of (objectively or subjectively), (with accusative case) to the proximity with (local (especially beyond or opposed to) or causal (on account of)

Derivation. a primary preposition;

How the King James Bible translates it

above, against, among, at, before, by, contrary to, X friend, from, + give (such things as they), + that (she) had, X his, in, more than, nigh unto, (out) of, past, save, side…by, in the sight of, than, (there-)fore, with.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Para in the original Greek lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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