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To introduce

παρεισάγωStrong’s G3919

pareisagō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Pareisagō is the Greek word usually translated “stealthily introduce”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.”
2 Peter 2:1 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “stealthily introduce”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • will stealthily introduce 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 2 Peter 1

1 book in all.

Explore in Scripture
    Greek dictionary

    παρεισάγω pareisagō · to introduce

    παρ-εισ-άγω 1. to lead in by one's side, bring forward, introduce. 2. In late writers, to introduce or bring in secretly: 2Pe.2:1.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “introduce” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    INTRODU'CE, verb transitive

    [Latin introduco; intro, within, and duco, to lead.]

    1. To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher into a place; as, to introduce a person into a drawing room.
    2. To conduct and make known; to bring to be acquainted; as, to introduce a stranger to a person; to introduce a foreign minister to a prince.
    3. To bring something new into notice or practice; as, to introduce a new fashion, or a new remedy for a disease; to introduce an improved mode of tillage.
    4. To bring in; to import; as, to introduce foreign goods.
    All definitions
    1. To produce; to cause to exist; as, to introduce habits into children.
    2. To begin; to open to notice, He introduced the subject with a long preface.
    3. To bring before the public by writing or discourse; as, to introduce one's self to notice or to the public.

    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.