Paraballo means “arrive” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3846 — libni (“Libnites”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3846 παραβάλλω (paraballo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. paraballo (par-ab-al'-lo) v. 1. to throw alongside 2. (reflexively) to reach a place It has 9 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include liken. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
paraballo (par-ab-al'-lo) v. 1. to throw alongside 2. (reflexively) to reach a place 3. (figuratively) to liken [from G3844 and G906] KJV: arrive, compare Root(s): G3844, G906
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3846. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to arrive
Usage: παρα-βάλλω [in LXX: Pro.2:2 4:20 5:1, 13 22:17 (נָטָה hi.), Rut.2:16 (שָׁלַל), 2Ma.14:38 (elsewhere as seel.4)* ;] __1. to throw to or beside, as fodder to horses (Hom., al.). __2. to lay beside, compare (Hdt., Plat., al.): Mrk.4:30, Rec. __3. Reflexive, to betake oneself, come near; of seamen, to cross over: εἰς Σάμον, Act.20:15. __4. In mid. = παραβολεύομαι, which see† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render paraballo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G3846 (παραβάλλω) appears 9 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
2 indexed usages in New Testament.
And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus.
6 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And do ye by all means carry it for her, and ye shall surely let fall for her some of that which is heaped up; and let her eat, and glean, and rebuke her not.
Thine ear shall hearken to wisdom; Thou shalt also apply thy heart to understanding, And shalt apply it to the instruction of thy son.
My son, attend to my speech; And apply thine ear to my words:
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
For in the former times, when they mingled not themselves with the Gentiles, he had been accused of Judaism, and did boldly jeopard his body and life with all vehemency for the religion of the Jews.
First 9 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3846.
And do ye by all means carry it for her, and ye shall surely let fall for her some of that which is heaped up; and let her eat, and glean, and rebuke her not.
Thine ear shall hearken to wisdom; Thou shalt also apply thy heart to understanding, And shalt apply it to the instruction of thy son.
My son, attend to my speech; And apply thine ear to my words:
My son, attend to my wisdom, And apply thine ear to my words;
I heard not the voice of him that instructed me, and taught me, Neither did I apply mine ear.
Hear also my word, and apply thy heart,
And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus.
For in the former times, when they mingled not themselves with the Gentiles, he had been accused of Judaism, and did boldly jeopard his body and life with all vehemency for the religion of the Jews.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3846, grouped by book.
Paraballo (Strong's G3846) is a Greek word most simply glossed "arrive". paraballo (par-ab-al'-lo) v. 1. to throw alongside 2. (reflexively) to reach a place
This page currently indexes 9 linked usages for Strong's G3846 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3846 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as liken. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 6 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3846, with linked reader references where each row is available.