Parakýptō — G3879

Definition

verb

to bend beside, i.e. lean over (so as to peer within)

1. metaphorically, to look carefully into, inspect curiously, εἰς τί, of one who would become acquainted with something

Usually translated as

look, stoop down

Origin

from G3844 and G2955

• pará (G3844)
• kýptō (G2955)

Occurrences

Parakýptō occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Luke (1), John (2), James (1), 1 Peter (1)

• Luke 24:12 — Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down (παρακύψας), he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.
• John 20:5 — And he stooping down (παρακύψας), and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
• John 20:11 — But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down (παρέκυψεν), and looked into the sepulchre,
• James 1:25 — But whoso looketh (παρακύψας) 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 1:12 — Unto 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 (παρακύψαι) into.