παρὰ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 παρὰ

   pa-RA

   by
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 Εἱστήκεισαν δὲ παρὰ τῷ σταυρῷ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ ἀδελφὴ τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ,

   hei-STÊ-kei-san DE pa-RA TOI stau-ROI TOU ee-ay-SOO HÊ MÊ-têr au-TOU KAI HÊ a-del-PHÊ TÊS mê-TROS au-TOU

   but by the cross of {the} Jesus were standing his the mother of and the sister of the his mother of
3. sentence🔊 Εἱστήκεισαν δὲ παρὰ τῷ σταυρῷ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ ἀδελφὴ τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ, Μαρία ἡ τοῦ Κλωπᾶ καὶ Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνή.

   hei-STÊ-kei-san DE pa-RA TOI stau-ROI TOU ee-ay-SOO HÊ MÊ-têr au-TOU KAI HÊ a-del-PHÊ TÊS mê-TROS au-TOU ma-RI-a HÊ TOU klô-PA KAI ma-RI-a HÊ mag-da-lê-NÊ

   but by the cross of {the} Jesus were standing his the mother of and the sister of the his mother of Mary wife of {the} Clopas and Mary {the} Magdalene

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase para tō staurō {παρὰ τῷ σταυρῷ | parà tôi staurô} specifies close physical proximity to the cross, with the genitive modifier tou Iesou {τοῦ Ἰησοῦ | toû Iē-soû} identifying it as the cross associated with Jesus.

Root and etymology

didomi🔊 δίδωμιdelta–iota–delta–omega–mu–iota

“to give, to grant”

• 🔊 παραδίδωμιparadidomito hand over, betrayActs 8:3