To arrive
παραβάλλωStrong’s G3846paraballō
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Paraballō is the Greek word usually translated “we arrived”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “we arrived”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- we arrived 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
παραβάλλω paraballō · to arrive
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “arrive” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ARRI'VE, verb intransitive
[Latin ripa.]
- Literally, to come to the shore, or bank.
- To come to or reach by traveling on land; as, the post arrives at 7 o'clock.
- To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass by effort, practice, study, enquiry, reasoning or experiment; as, to arrive at an unusual degree of excellence or wickedness; to arrive at a conclusion.
- To happen or occur.
All definitions and other forms of “arrive”
ARRI'VE, verb transitive
To reach. [Not in use.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.