Dictionary entry

παρακύπτω

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

παρα-κύπτω,

[in LXX chiefly for שׁקף ni., hi.;]

1. to stoop sideways.

2. to stoop to look: Lk 24:12 (R, txt.), Jo 20:5, 11. Metaph. (v. Hort, Ja., in l.), to look into: seq. εἰς, Ja 1:25, I Pe 1:12.†