to extend, stretch out; to prolong, continue, Acts 20:7*

a getting ready, preparation, in NT preparation for a feast, day of preparation, Mt. 27:62; Mk. 15:42

to prepare, make ready, 2 Cor. 9:2, 3; mid. to prepare one's self, put one's self in readiness, Acts 10:10; 1 Cor. 14:8*

a distinguishing mark; an ensign, of a ship, Acts 28:11*

to flow beside; to glide aside from; to fall off, from profession, decline from steadfastness, make forfeit of faith, Heb. 2:1*

pr. a stumbling aside, a false step; in NT a trespass, fault, offence, transgression, Mt. 6:14, 15; Mk. 11:25, 26; Rom. 4:25; a fall in faith, Rom. 11:11, 12

to pass by the side of; to pass along, Mt. 27:39; Mk. 2:23; 9:30; 11:20; 15:29*

like, in the same, or like manner, Heb. 2:14*

pr. near alongside; met. like, similar; neut. παραπλήσιον, adverbially, near to, nearly, with a near approach to, Phil. 2:27*