παρακύπτω
parakyptō · stoop to look
Greek word · Strong’s number G3879 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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parakyptō (παρακύπτω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “stoop to look”.
Bend down to look inside.
How to say it
pa·ra·kyp·tō
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Bend down to peer inside.
- Gaze closely, wanting to understand.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- stooping to look in ×2
- look intently ×1
- one who looks intently ×1
- she stooped to look ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Luke 24:12
But Peter got up and ran to the tomb; and stooping to look in, he sees the linen cloths alone; and he went away to his home, marveling at what had happened.
- John 20:5
And stooping to look in, he sees the linen cloths lying there; yet he did not go in.
- John 20:11
But Mary was standing outside at the tomb, weeping. So as she wept, she stooped to look into the tomb;
- James 1:25
But the one who looks intently into the perfect law, the law of freedom, and remains in it, becoming not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be happy in his doing.
- 1 Peter 1:12
To them it was revealed that not for themselves but for you they were serving these things which have now been announced to you through those who proclaimed the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look intently.