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παράσημος parasēmos · G3902

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παράσημος, -ον; (σῆμα, a mark) [in LXX: 3Ma.2:29 * ; ] ; 1. in cl., marked amiss, spurious, counterfeit. Later, ; 2. marked at the side, annotated (Plut.). ; 3. marked with a sign (LXX); as subst., a figure­head : Act.28:11 (see MM, xix).†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

παράσημ-ος, ον, ; (σῆμα) marked amiss or falsely, counterfeit, especially of money, []; δόξα π. []; δύναμις π. αἴνῳ power falsely stamped with praise, I. e. praised by a wrong standard, []; 2 of words and phrases, false, incorrect, []; Ἀττικῶν παράσημος (to be read -σήμων) ἕν (i.e. βιβλίον) []; τὸ π. eccentricity of style, []; 3 marked by the side, noted, []; π. τινί marked, notorious for a thing, []; π. ἐπιτηδεύων τι remarked as studying it, []; τὸ π. φεύγουσαι (of women) conspicuousness, []; …

Where it's used 1 time

Acts 28:11

Source: TBESG G3902; TFLSJ G3902

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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