G3879: παρακύπτω
parakýptō · “to stoop”
Definition
to bend beside, i.e. lean over (so as to peer within)
KJV translates it as: look (into), stoop down
Extended definition
[in LXX chiefly for שָׁקַף ni., hi. ;]
1. to stoop sideways.
2. to stoop to look: Luk.24:12 (R, txt.), Jhn.20:5, 11, Metaphorical (see Hort, Ja., in l), to look into: before εἰς, Jas.1:25, 1Pe.1:12.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3879 is translated
- having stooped down ×2
- she stooped down ×1
- having looked intently ×1
- to look. ×1
Bible verses with G3879 (parakýptō)
Parakýptō appears in 5 verses.
- Luke 24:12
Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.
- John 20:5
And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
- John 20:11
But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,
- James 1:25
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
- 1 Peter 1:12
Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.