# G3873 παράκειμαι

παράκειμαι (parákeimai), Strong’s G3873: to lie near, i.e. be at hand (figuratively, be prompt or easy) KJV: be present. Occurs 9 times.

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*parákeimai* — to lie near, i.e. be at hand (figuratively, be prompt or easy)

KJV: be present

Built from [παρά pará](https://besorah.bible/word/G3844) (near) + [κεῖμαι keîmai](https://besorah.bible/word/G2749) (to lie outstretched)

Occurs 9 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Romans 7:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/7?v=18) — For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don’t find it…
- [Romans 7:21](https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/7?v=21) — I find then the law that, while I desire to do good, evil is present.
- [Judith 3:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/judith/3?v=2) — “Behold, we the servants of Nebuchadnezzar the great king lie before you. Use us as it is pleasing in your sight.
- [Judith 3:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/judith/3?v=3) — Behold, our dwellings, and all our country, and all our fields of wheat, and our flocks and herds, and all the…
- [2 Maccabees 4:41](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/4?v=41) — But when they perceived the assault of Lysimachus, some caught up stones, others logs of wood, and some took handfuls…
- [2 Maccabees 9:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/9?v=25) — and, moreover, observing how the princes who are along the borders and neighbors to my kingdom watch for opportunities…
- [2 Maccabees 12:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/12?v=16) — Having taken the city by the will of God, they made unspeakable slaughter, so much that the adjoining lake, which was…
- [3 Maccabees 6:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/3-maccabees/6?v=17) — When the Jews saw this, they uttered a loud cry to heaven so that the adjacent valleys resounded and caused an…
- [3 Maccabees 7:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/3-maccabees/7?v=3) — Certain of our friends out of malice vehemently urged us to punish the Jews of our realm in a body, with the infliction…