Seaside
παράλιοςStrong’s G3882paralios
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Paralios is the Greek word usually translated “sea coast”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;”
Meaning
Usually translated “sea coast”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- sea coast 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
παράλιος paralios · seaside
παρ-άλιος, -ον (in cl., chiefly -α, -ον), [in LXX for יָם, חוֹף, etc., with prep. ;] by the sea; ἡ π. (sc. χώρα, in LXX ἡ παραλία, Deu.1:7, Jos.9:1, Jdth.1:7, al.), the sea coast: Luk.6:17.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “seaside” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SE'A-SIDE, noun
[sea and side.]
The land bordering on the sea; the country adjacent to the sea, or near it.
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.