Lexicon 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. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom a comp. of  para and the same as  plésionDefinitioncoming near, nearly resembling NASB Translationpoint (1). 
 Thayer's 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 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   |  
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