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Strong's #3898 - παραπλησίως
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- similarly, in like manner, in the same way
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παραπλησιως
Adverb from the same as G3897
παραπλησίως, adverb (παραπλήσιος, see παραπλήσιον), similarly, in like manner, in the same way: Hebrews 2:14 (where it is equivalent to κατά πάντα Hebrews 2:17, and hence, is used of a similarity which amounts to equality, as in the phrase ἀγωνίζεσθαι παραπλ. to fight with equal advantage, aequo Marte, Herodotus 1, 77; so too the adjective, σύ δέ ἄνθρωπος ὤν παραπλήσιος τοῖς ἄλλοις, πλήν γέ δή ὅτι πολυπράγμων καί ἀτάσθαλος κτλ., the words in which an oriental sage endeavors to tame the pride of Alexander the Great, Arrian, exp. Alex. 7, 1, 9 (6)).
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** παρα -πλησίως ,
adv.
(<παραπλήσιος ),
[in Quint.: Hosea 8:6*;]
in like manner: Hebrews 2:14.†
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";poor"; (Luke 21:2), may be chronicled as occurring in BGU IV. 1024viii. 12 (end of iv/A.D.) : the old woman is described by the judge as πενιχρὰ καὶ πρεσβύτης, and further as one ἥτις διὰ τὴν συνέχουσαν αὐτὴν πενίαν τὴν ἑαυτῆς [θυγ ]ατέρα [[ν ]] τῆς σωφροσύνης ἀπεστέρη [σεν. In a petition addressed to the epimeletes, P Petr III. 36 (a).6 (Ptol.), a prisoner writes—μεγάλη η ̣̔ ἀνάγκη ἐστιν καὶ τὸ πενιχρὸν εἶναι καὶ ὁρᾶν [τ ]ὸν θάνατον ὑποκείμενον [ἐν ] τῆι φυλακῆι.
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