Dictionary entry

παρασκευάζω

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

παρα-σκευάζω,

[in LXX: Je 27 (50):42 (ערךְ), etc.;]

to prepare, make ready: absol. (sc. τ. δεῖπνον, etc.; of. Hdt., ix, 82, II Mac 2:27), Ac 10:10; mid., to prepare, make preparations: I Co 14:8 (cf. Je 50:42); pass., II Co 9:2, 3.†