παρασκευή, παρασκευῆς, ἡ, from Herodotus down; 1. a making ready, preparation, equipping. 2. that which is prepared, equipment. 3. in the N. T. in a Jewish sense, the day of preparation, i. e. the day on which the Jews made the necessary preparation to celebrate a sabbath or a feast: Mat_27:62; Mar_15:42; Luk_23:54; Joh_19:31 (Josephus, Antiquities 16, 6, 2); with a genitive of the object, τοῦ πάσχα (according to Winer's Grammar, 189 (177f) a possessive genitive), Joh_19:14 (cf. Rückert, Abendmahl, p. 31f); with a genitive of the subjunctive, τῶν Ἰουδαίων, ibid. 42. Cf. Bleek, Beiträge zur Evangelienkritik, p. 114ff; (on later usage cf. 'Teaching 8, 1 [ET] (and Harnack's note); Martyr. Polycarp, 7, 1 [ET] (and Zahn's note); Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word, 3).

παρασκευή paraskeuē 6x a getting ready, preparation, in NT preparation for a feast, day of preparation, Mat_27:62 ; Mar_15:42

παρα -σκευή , -ῆς , ἡ , [in LXX : Exo_35:24 ; Exo_39:42 ( H5656 , with v.l ., ἀποσκ -, κατασκ -), Jdt_2:17 ; Jdt_4:5 , 1Ma_9:35 ΰ , 2Ma_15:21 * ;] 1. preparation . 2. equipment (Jth, ll c .). 3. In Jewish usage, the day of preparation for a Sabbath or a feast ( = προσάββατον , q.v. ) : Mat_27:62 , Mar_15:42 , Luk_23:54 , Joh_19:31 ; c . gen ., τοῦ πάσχα , Joh_19:14 ; τ . Ἰουδαίων , Joh_19:42 (it is the name for Friday in MGr .).†

παρασκευή [page 490] παρασκευή is found in the general sense of preparation in P Petr II. 45 iii. 17 (B.C. 246) τοιαύτην παρασκευήν , P Strass I. 41 .6 (A.D. 250) αἰτοῦμε [ν δοθῆναι ἡμῖν ἡμέραν πρὸς ] παρασκευὴν τῆς δίκης , and Syll 503 (= .3 596) .12 ( c. B.C. 200) τῆ [ς τε τῶν σίτων παρ ]ασκευῆς ἐφρόντισ [εν . For παρασκευή as the technical designation for Friday (cf. MGr) see Didache viii. 1 ὑμεῖς δὲ νηστεύσατε τετράδα καὶ παρασκευήν , but ye shall fast on the fourth day and the preparation day (Friday) : cf. Jos. Antt . XVI. 163 (vi. 2). The questions raised by the use of παρασκευή in the Synoptics and Jn lie outside our province, but see Abbott Joh. Gr . p. 92 f. Herwerden Lex. s.v. cites ἡ παρασκευή = dies Veneris from Clem. Al. p. 316, 15 (Sylb.).

παρασκευή παρα-σκευή, ἡ, "preparation", Hdt. , attic; ἐν τούτῳ παρασκευῆς in this state of "preparation", Thuc. :— "preparation" of a speech, Xen. :—with Preps., ἐκ παρασκευῆς "of set purpose", μάχη ἐγένετο ἐκ π. a "pitched" battle, Thuc. ; so, ἀπὸ παρασκευῆς id=Thuc. ; δι᾽ ὀλίγης παρασκευῆς at short "notice", offhand, id=Thuc. ; ἐν παρασκευῇ "in course of preparation", id=Thuc. "a providing, procuring", π. φίλων καὶ οὐσίας Plat. "an intrigue or cabal", for the purpose of gaining a verdict or carrying a measure, Dem. , etc. "that which is prepared, equipage", Lat. apparatus, Plat. , Xen. : "an armament", Thuc. , Dem. generally, "power, means", Thuc. among the Jews, "the day of preparation", the day before the sabbath of the Passover, NTest.

παρα-σκευή, -ῆς, ἡ [in LXX: Exo.35:24 39:42 (עֲבֹדָה, with seel., ἀποσκ-, κατασκ-), Jdth.2:17 4:5, 1Ma.9:35 א, 2Ma.15:21 * ;] __1. preparation. __2. equipment (Jth, ll with). __3. In Jewish usage, the day of preparation for a Sabbath or a feast (= προσάββατον, which see) : Mat.27:62, Mrk.15:42, Luk.23:54, Jhn.19:31; with genitive, τοῦ πάσχα, Jhn.19:14; τ. Ἰoυδαίων, Jhn.19:42 (it is the name for Friday in MGr.).† (AS)