Ancient Greek

Proper noun

Παρασκευή • ‎(Paraskeuḗ) f ‎(genitive Παρασκευῆς); first declension

1. Friday (day of preparation for the Sabbath)

Inflection

Descendants

• Bulgarian: Параскева ‎(Paraskeva)
• Georgian: პარასკევი ‎(ṗarasḳevi)
• Gothic: 𐍀𐌰𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌴 ‎(paraskaiwē)
• Greek: Παρασκευή ‎(Paraskeví)
• Old Church Slavonic: параскевьгии ‎(paraskevĭgii)

References

• “G3904”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Παρασκευή ‎(Paraskeuḗ, “day of preparation”)

Noun

Παρασκευή • ‎(Paraskeví) f ‎(plural Παρασκευές)

1. Friday
2. A female given name

Declension

Related terms

• see: παρασκευή f ‎(paraskeví, “preparation”)

Coordinate terms

ημέρες της εβδομάδας ‎(iméres tis evdomádas, “days of the week”)

Ancient Greek

Noun

πᾰρᾰσκευή • ‎(paraskeuḗ) f ‎(genitive πᾰρᾰσκευῆς); first declension

1. preparation, preparing
2. providing, procuring; way of providing or procuring
3. the things being prepared, provided, or procured
   1. (military) armament: arms, transportation, etc.
4. (Koine) the day of preparation before the (Jewish) Sabbath; Friday; with or without ἡμέρᾱ ‎(hēmérā)
   • 93 CE – 94 CE, Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 16.163

     ἐν σάββασιν ἢ τῇ πρὸ αὐτῆς παρασκευῇ ἀπὸ ὥρας ἐνάτης

     on the Sabbath or the [day of] preparation before it after the ninth hour

   • 70 CE – 110 CE, The Gospel of Matthew 27.62

     Τῇ δὲ ἐπαύριον, ἥτις ἐστὶν μετὰ τὴν παρασκευήν

     the next day, which is after the [day of] preparation

   • New Testament, The Gospel of Mark 15.42

     Καὶ ἤδη ὀψίας γενομένης, ἐπεὶ ἦν παρασκευή, ὅ ἐστιν προσάββατον

     When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath

   • 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 23.54

     Καὶ ἡμέρα ἦν παρασκευῆς, καὶ σάββατον ἐπέφωσκεν.

     And it was the day of preparation, and Sabbath was almost dawning.

   • 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of John 19.14

     ἦν δὲ παρασκευὴ τοῦ πάσχα, ὥρα ἦν ὡς ἕκτη.

     And it was the [day of] preparation of the Passover, [and] it was about the sixth hour.

   • 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of John 19.31

     Οἱ οὖν Ἰουδαῖοι, ἐπεὶ παρασκευὴ ἦν, ἵνα μὴ μείνῃ ἐπὶ τοῦ σταυροῦ τὰ σώματα ἐν τῷ σαββάτῳ, ἦν γὰρ μεγάλη ἡ ἡμέρα ἐκείνου τοῦ σαββάτου, ἠρώτησαν τὸν Πειλᾶτον ἵνα κατεαγῶσιν αὐτῶν τὰ σκέλη καὶ ἀρθῶσιν.

     Then the Jews, because it was [the day of] preparation, so that the bodies wouldn't stay on the cross on the Sabbath, for that Sabbath was an important day, asked Pilate for their legs to be broken and taken down.

   • 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of John 19.42

     διὰ τὴν παρασκευὴν τῶν Ἰουδαίων

     because of the preparation [day] of the Jews

Declension

Derived terms

• παρασκευάζω ‎(paraskeuázō)

Descendants

• Greek: παρασκευή ‎(paraskeví)
• Latin: parascēvē

References

• παρασκευή in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παρασκευή ‎(paraskeuḗ, “preparation”).

Noun

παρασκευή • ‎(paraskeví) f ‎(uncountable)

1. preparation

Declension

Related terms

• Παρασκευή f ‎(Paraskeví, “Friday”)
• παρασκευάζω ‎(paraskevázo, “to prepare”)
• παρασκεύασμα n ‎(paraskévasma, “preparation”)
• παρασκευαστήριο n ‎(paraskevastírio, “laboratory”)
• παρασκευαστής m ‎(paraskevastís, “laboratory assistant”)
• παρασκευάστρια f ‎(paraskevástria, “laboratory assistant”)