παράκειμαι; (παρά and κεῖμαι); to lie beside (παρά, IV. 1), to be near (from Homer down); to be present, at hand: Rom_7:18 (where see Meyer), 21.

παράκειμαι parakeimai 2x to lie near, be adjacent; met. to be at hand, be present, Rom_7:18 ; Rom_7:21

** παρά -κειμαι , [in LXX : Jdt_3:2-3 , Sir_30:18 ; Sir_34:16 , Da LXX Bel 1:14, 2,3 Mac.5 * ;] to lie beside, be near, be present: Rom_7:18 ; Rom_7:21 .†

παράκειμαι [page 485] For παράκειμαι , lie to my hand, am present, as in Rom_7:18 ; Rom_7:21 , we may compare P Oxy III. 530 .17 ff . (ii/A.D.) where a son writes to his mother with reference to certain payments εἰ πλεῖον δέ μοι παρέκει [το ], πάλιν σοι ἀπεστάλκειν , καὶ τοῦτο πέ [μ ]πων κέχρημαι , if I had had more, I would have forwarded a further sum; I have borrowed to send even this (Edd.). Striking is the Christian prayer of iv/v A.D. written in large rude uncials, P Oxy VII. 1058 Ὁ θ (εὸ )ς τῶν παρακει - μένων σταυρῶν , βοήθησον τὸν δο - ῦλόν σου Ἀπφουᾶν . ἀμήν . O God of the crosses that are laid upon us, help thy servant Apphouas. Amen (Ed.). Cf. also Kaibel 703 .3 (ii/iii A.D.) γαία πατρὶς ᾗ παράκειμαι . Preisigke Wφrterbuch s.v. gives a large number of Ptolemaic exx. of the word, e.g. P Tebt I. 61( b ) .132 (B.C. 118 7) διὰ τὸ [ν ὄ ]μβρον τῶν παρακειμένων ὑδάτων . For a new trans. use of the verb = bring in, adduce, cf. P Par 15 .35 (B.C. 120) ἠρώτησεν τὸν Ἑρμίαν εἴ τινα ἀπόδειξιν παρακεῖται , P Tor I. 1 vi. 4 (B.C. 116) παρακεῖσθαι αὐτὸν τὴν συνχώρησιν , and see Mayser Gr . II. i. p. 88.

παράκειμαι poet. πάρ-κειμαι epic 3rd sg. imperf. παρεκέσκετο [Etym: used as Pass. to παρατίθημι] "to lie beside or before", Hom. :—metaph., ὑμῖν παράκειται ἐναντίον ἠὲ μάχεσθαι ἢ φεύγειν "the choice lies before" you, to fight or to flee, Od. :—in part. "close at hand, present", Pind.

παρά-κειμαι [in LXX: Jdt.3.2-3, Sir.30:18 34:16, Dan LXX Bel 1:14, 2,3 Mac.5* ;] to lie beside, be near, be present: Rom.7:18, 21.† (AS)