To stoop
παρακύπτωStrong’s G3879parakuptō
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Parakuptō is the Greek word usually translated “having stooped down”, “stooped down” and “having looked intently”. It appears in 5 verses of the 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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “having stooped down”, “stooped down” and “having looked intently”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- having stooped down 2
- she stooped down 1
- having looked intently 1
- to look 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 2
- Luke 1
- James 1
- 1 Peter 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- John 20:5And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
- John 20:11But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,
- James 1:25But 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.
- 1 Peter 1:12Unto 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.
Greek dictionary
παρακύπτω parakuptō · to stoop
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “stoop” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
STOOP, verb intransitive
- To bend the body downward and forward; as, to stoop to pick up a book.
- To bend or lean forward; to incline forward in standing or walking.
- To yield; to submit; to bend by compulsion; as, Carthage at length stooped to Rome.
- To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
All definitions and other forms of “stoop”
- To yield; to be inferior.
- To come down on prey, as a hawk.
- To alight from the wing.
- To sink to a lower place.
STOOP, verb transitive
- To cause to incline downward; to sink; as, to stoop a cask of liquor.
- To cause to submit. [Little used.]
STOOP, noun
- The act of bending the body forward; inclination forward.
- Descent from dignity or superiority; condescension.
- Fall of a bird on his prey.
- In America, a kind of shed, generally open, but attached to a house; also, an open place for seats at a door.
STOOP, noun
- A vessel of liquor; as a stoop of wine or ale.
- A post fixed in the earth. [Local.]
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.