Quick Definition
similarly, in like manner
Strong's Definition
in a manner near by, i.e. (figuratively) similarly
Derivation: adverb from the same as G3897 (παραπλήσιον);
KJV Usage: likewise
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παραπλησίως, adverb (παραπλήσιος, see παραπλήσιον), similarly, in like manner, in the same way: Heb_2:14 (where it is equivalent to κατά πάντα Heb_2:17, and hence, is used of a similarity which amounts to equality, as in the phrase ἀγωνίζεσθαι παραπλ. to fight with equal advantage, aequo Marte, Herodotus 1, 77; so too the adjective, σύ δέ ἄνθρωπος ὤν παραπλήσιος τοῖς ἄλλοις, πλήν γέ δή ὅτι πολυπράγμων καί ἀτάσθαλος κτλ., the words in which an oriental sage endeavors to tame the pride of Alexander the Great, Arrian, exp. Alex. 7, 1, 9 (6)).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παραπλησίως paraplēsiōs 1x
like, in the same or like manner, Heb_2:14
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** παρα -πλησίως ,
adv.
( <παραπλήσιος ),
[in Quint.: Hos_8:6 * ;]
in like manner: Heb_2:14 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παραπλησίως [page 489]
With παραπλησίως in Heb_2:14 = similarly, i.e. almost equally or also, Moffatt ( ICC ad l. ) compares Maxim. Tyr. vii. 2 καὶ ἐστὶν καὶ ὁ ἄρχων πόλεως μέρος , καὶ οἱ ἀρχόμενοι παραπλησίως .
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
παρα-πλησίως
adv. (παραπλήσιος) [in Quint.: Hos.8:6 * ;]
in like manner: Heb.2:14.†
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