Strong's Concordance paraplésios: coming near, nearly resembling Original Word: παραπλήσιονPart of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: paraplésios Phonetic Spelling: (par-ap-lay'-see-on) Short Definition: near to, nearly Definition: near to, nearly. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3897: παραπλήσιονπαραπλήσιον (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) 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 Forms and Transliterations παραπλησιον παραπλήσιον paraplesion paraplēsion paraplḗsionLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 38971 Occurrence παραπλήσιον — 1 Occ. 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 |