parousia · coming, presence

What it means

parousia (παρουσία) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “coming, presence”.

Coming, arrival and presence; it was said of a king's visit.

How to say it

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

1. Being there in person.
2. For someone to come and be with others again.
3. The arrival of Jesus in glory at the end.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• coming ×21
• presence ×3

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×4
• 1 Corinthians×2
• 2 Corinthians×3
• Philippians×2
• 1 Thessalonians×4
• 2 Thessalonians×3
• James×2
• 2 Peter×3
• 1 John×1

• Matthew 24:3

  And as he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”

• Matthew 24:27

  For just as the lightning comes out from the east and shines as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

• Matthew 24:37

  For just as the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

• Matthew 24:39

  and they did not know until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be also the coming of the Son of Man.

• 1 Corinthians 15:23

  But each in his own order: the firstfruits, the Messiah; then those who belong to the Messiah at his coming;

• 1 Corinthians 16:17

  And I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because they have made up for your absence;

• 2 Corinthians 7:6

  But God, who comforts the lowly, comforted us by the coming of Titus,

• 2 Corinthians 7:7

  and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted over you, as he reported to us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more.

• 2 Corinthians 10:10

  For “The letters,” he says, “are weighty and strong, but the bodily presence is weak and the speech contemptible.”

• Philippians 1:26

  so that your boasting may abound in the Messiah Jesus because of me through my presence with you again.

• Philippians 2:12

  So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

• 1 Thessalonians 2:19

  For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting? Or is it not also you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

• 1 Thessalonians 3:13

  so as to strengthen your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

• 1 Thessalonians 4:15

  For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.

• 1 Thessalonians 5:23

  Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your spirit and soul and body be kept whole, blameless, at the coming of our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

• 2 Thessalonians 2:1

  Now we ask you, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus the Messiah and our gathering together to him,

• 2 Thessalonians 2:8

  And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the radiance of his coming,

• 2 Thessalonians 2:9

  whose coming is in accordance with the working of Satan with all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,

• James 5:7

  Be patient, then, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Look, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it until it receives the early and the late rain.

• James 5:8

  You also be patient; make firm your hearts, because the coming of the Lord has drawn near.

• 2 Peter 1:16

  For it was not by following cleverly devised myths that we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

• 2 Peter 3:4

  and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.

• 2 Peter 3:12

  waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens, set on fire, will be dissolved, and the elements, burning, will melt?

• 1 John 2:28

  And now, little children, remain in him, so that when he is revealed we may have confidence and not shrink away in shame from him at his coming.