Dictionary entry

παραγίνομαι

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

παρα-γίνομαι

(Ion. and late for -γίγν-), [in LXX chiefly for בּוֹא;]

1. to be beside or at hand (Hom., Hdt., al.), hence, to stand by, support (Æsch., Thuc., al.): c. dat. pers., II Ti 4:16.

2. to come, come up, arrive (Hdt., Xen., al., and freq. in later writers; v. MM, xviii; Thackeray, Gr., 2672): absol., Lk 14:2119:16, Jo 3:23, Ac 5:21, 22, 259:3910:32, 3311:2314:2717:1018:2721:1823:16, 3524:17, 2425:728:21, I Co 16:3; seq. εἰς, Jo 8:2, Ac 9:2615:4; ἐπί, c. acc., Lk 22:52; πρός, c. acc., Lk 7:4, 208:19, Ac 20:18; id. seq. ἐκ, Lk 11:6; παρά, c. gen., Mk 14:43; ἀπὸ... εἰς, Mt 2:1, Ac 13:14; ἀπὸ... ἐπὶ... πρός, Mt 3:13; of a teacher coming forward in public: Mt 3:1, Lk 12:51, He 9:11.†