Parakypto means “stoop down” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3879 — levi (“Levite”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3879 παρακύπτω (parakupto) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. parakupto (par-ak-oop'-to) v. 1. to bend beside, i.e. lean over (so as to peer within) [from G3844 and G2955] It has 13 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include stooping, looking, looked, looketh, and look. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
parakupto (par-ak-oop'-to) v. 1. to bend beside, i.e. lean over (so as to peer within) [from G3844 and G2955] KJV: look (into), stoop down Root(s): G3844, G2955
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3879. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to stoop
Usage: παρα-κύπτω [in LXX chiefly for שָׁקַף ni., hi. ;] __1. to stoop sideways. __2. to stoop to look: Luk.24:12 (R, txt.), Jhn.20:5, 11, Metaphorical (see Hort, Ja., in l), to look into: before εἰς, Jas.1:25, 1Pe.1:12.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render parakupto, 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 G3879 (παρακύπτω) appears 8 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.
5 indexed usages in New Testament.
Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.
And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,
6 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And he remained there a long time, and Abimelech the king of Gerar leaned to look through the window, and saw Isaac sporting with Rebekah his wife.
The mother of Sisera looked down through the window out of the loophole, Saying, Why was his chariot ashamed? Why did the wheels of his chariots tarry?
And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
He that prieth in at her windows Shall also hearken at her doors.
A fool will peep in at the door into the house: But he that is well nurtured will stand without.
First 13 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3879.
And he remained there a long time, and Abimelech the king of Gerar leaned to look through the window, and saw Isaac sporting with Rebekah his wife.
The mother of Sisera looked down through the window out of the loophole, Saying, Why was his chariot ashamed? Why did the wheels of his chariots tarry?
And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
And the ark of the covenant of the Lord arrived, and came to the city of David; and Michal the daughter of Saul looked down through the window, and saw King David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.
At one whom she may see of the senseless ones, A young man void of understanding,
My kinsman is like a roe Or a young hart on the mountains of Bethel: Behold, he is behind our wall, Looking through the windows, Peeping through the lattices.
Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.
And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
He that prieth in at her windows Shall also hearken at her doors.
A fool will peep in at the door into the house: But he that is well nurtured will stand without.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3879, grouped by book.
Parakypto (Strong's G3879) is a Greek word most simply glossed "stoop down". parakupto (par-ak-oop'-to) v. 1. to bend beside, i.e. lean over (so as to peer within) [from G3844 and G2955]
This page currently indexes 13 linked usages for Strong's G3879 across 11 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3879 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 stooping, looking, looked, looketh, and look. 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 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3879, with linked reader references where each row is available.