Lexical Summary paraskeuazō: to prepare, make ready Original Word: παρασκευάζωTransliteration: paraskeuazō Phonetic Spelling: (par-ask-yoo-ad'-zo) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to prepare, make ready Meaning: to prepare, make ready Strong's Concordance prepare self, make ready. From para and a derivative of skeuos; to furnish aside, i.e. Get ready -- prepare self, be (make) ready. see GREEK para see GREEK skeuos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3903: παρασκευάζωπαρασκευάζω; perfect passive παρεσκεύασμαι; future middle παρασκευάσομαι; from Herodotus down; to make ready, prepare: namely, τό δεῖπνον (added in Herodotus 9, 82; Athen. 4, 15, p. 138), Acts 10:10 (συμπόσιον, Halt. 9, 15; 2 Macc. 2:27). Middle to make oneself ready, to prepare oneself (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 38, 2 a.): εἰς πόλεμον, 1 Corinthians 14:8 (Jeremiah 27:42 |