παρα-σκευή, -ῆς, ἡ [in LXX: Exo.35:24 39:42 (עֲבֹדָה, with seel., ἀποσκ-, κατασκ-), Jdth.2:17 4:5, 1Ma.9:35 א, 2Ma.15:21 * ;] 1. preparation. 2. equipment (Jth, ll with). 3. In Jewish usage, the day of preparation for a Sabbath or a feast (= προσάββατον, which see) : Mat.27:62, Mrk.15:42, Luk.23:54, Jhn.19:31; with genitive, τοῦ πάσχα, Jhn.19:14; τ. Ἰoυδαίων, Jhn.19:42 (it is the name for Friday in MGr.).† (AS)
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G3904 — παρασκευή
paraskeuē · Preparation · Greek
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Matthew 27:62 · παρασκευήν,And on the morrow that is after the preparation, were gathered together the chief priests, and the Pharisees, unto Pilate,Mark 15:42 · παρασκευὴAnd now evening having come, seeing it was the preparation, that is, the fore-sabbath,Luke 23:54 · παρασκευῆς,And the day was a preparation, and sabbath was approaching,John 19:14 · παρασκευὴand it was the preparation of the passover, and as it were the sixth hour, and he saith to the Jews, ‘Lo, your king!’John 19:31 · παρασκευὴThe Jews, therefore, that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath, since it was the preparation, (for that sabbath day was a great one,) asked of Pilate that their legs may be broken, and they taken away.John 19:42 · παρασκευὴνthere, therefore, because of the preparation of the Jews, because the tomb was nigh, they laid Jesus.