Paraskeuazo means “prepare self” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3903 — lachmac (“Lahmam”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3903 παρασκευάζω (paraskeuazo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. paraskeuazo (par-ask-yoo-ad'-zo) v. 1. to furnish aside, i.e. get ready [from G3844 and a derivative of G4632] It has 18 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include ready and prepare. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
paraskeuazo (par-ask-yoo-ad'-zo) v. 1. to furnish aside, i.e. get ready [from G3844 and a derivative of G4632] KJV: prepare self, be (make) ready Root(s): G3844, G4632
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to prepare
Usage: παρα-σκευάζω [in LXX: Jer.50:42 (עָרַךְ), etc. ;] to prepare, make ready: absol. (sc. τ. δεῖπνον, etc.; of. Hdt., ix, 82, 2Ma.2:27), Act.10:10; mid., to prepare, make preparations: 1Co.14:8 (cf. Je, l.with); pass., 2Co.9:2-3.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render paraskeuazo, 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.
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Strong's G3903 (παρασκευάζω) appears 14 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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4 indexed usages in New Testament.
And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.
10 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And he came to the flocks of sheep that were by the way, and there was a cave there; and Saul went in to make preparation, and David and his men were sitting in the inner part of the cave.
And apply thy hand, Knowing that it behooves thee to prepare such meats: But if thou art very insatiable,
thy going forth, And prepare thyself for the field; And come after me, And thou shalt rebuild thy house.
4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Then was it declared to Holofernes, the chief captain of the army of Assyria, that the children of Israel had prepared for war, and had shut up the passages of the hill country, and had fortified all the tops of the high hills, and had laid impediments in the champaign countries:
And he kept the wedding feast fourteen days.
even as it is no ease unto him that prepareth a banquet, and seeketh the benefit of others: yet for the pleasuring of many we will undertake gladly this great pains;
First 18 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3903.
And he came to the flocks of sheep that were by the way, and there was a cave there; and Saul went in to make preparation, and David and his men were sitting in the inner part of the cave.
And apply thy hand, Knowing that it behooves thee to prepare such meats: But if thou art very insatiable,
thy going forth, And prepare thyself for the field; And come after me, And thou shalt rebuild thy house.
The way of the godly is made straight: the way of the godly is also prepared.
Prepare yourselves for war against her; rise up, and let us go up against her at noon. Woe to us! for the day has gone down, for the shadows of the day fail.
Thy feet run, and they cause thee to faint; how wilt thou prepare to ride upon horses? and thou hast been confident in the land of thy peace? how wilt thou do in the roaring of Jordan?
Mount ye the horses, prepare the chariots; go forth, ye warriors of the Ethiopians, and Libyans armed with shields; and mount, ye Lydians, bend the bow.
the people is fierce, and will have no mercy: their voices shall sound as the sea, they shall ride upon horses, prepared for war, like fire, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
Prepare the arrows; fill the quivers: the Lord has stirred up the spirit of the king of the Medes: for his wrath is against Babylon, to destroy it utterly; for it is the Lord’s vengeance, it is the vengeance of his people.
And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.
Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:
Then was it declared to Holofernes, the chief captain of the army of Assyria, that the children of Israel had prepared for war, and had shut up the passages of the hill country, and had fortified all the tops of the high hills, and had laid impediments in the champaign countries:
And he kept the wedding feast fourteen days.
even as it is no ease unto him that prepareth a banquet, and seeketh the benefit of others: yet for the pleasuring of many we will undertake gladly this great pains;
But they that had the charge of that wicked feast, for the old acquaintance they had with the man, taking him aside, besought him to bring flesh of his own provision, such as was lawful for him to use, and make as if he did eat of the flesh taken from the sacrifice commanded by the king;
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Paraskeuazo (Strong's G3903) is a Greek word most simply glossed "prepare self". paraskeuazo (par-ask-yoo-ad'-zo) v. 1. to furnish aside, i.e. get ready [from G3844 and a derivative of G4632]
This page currently indexes 18 linked usages for Strong's G3903 across 10 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3903 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 ready and prepare. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 10 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3903, with linked reader references where each row is available.