Definition

to stand beside, i.e. (transitively) to exhibit, proffer, (specially), recommend, (figuratively) substantiate; or (intransitively) to be at hand (or ready), aid

Etymology

from G3844 (παρά) and G2476 (ἵστημι);

Where the KJV renders it

• assist
• bring before
• command
• commend
• give presently
• present
• prove
• provide
• shew
• stand (before
• by
• here
• up
• with)
• yield

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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