parav parav (it neglects elision before proper names beginning with a vowel, and (at least in Tdf.'s text) before some other words; see Tdf Proleg., p. 95, cf. Winer's Grammar, sec. 5, 1 a.; Buttmann, 10), a preposition indicating close proximity, with various modifications corresponding to the various cases with which it is joined; cf. Viger. editionm Herm., p. 643ff; Matthiae, sec. 588; Bernhardy (1829), p. 255ff; K?hner, sec. 440; Kr?ger, sec. 68, 34-36. It is joined:I. with the genitive; and as in Greek prose writings always with the genitive of a person, to denote that a thing proceeds from. the side or the vicinity of one, or from one's sphere of power, or from one's wealth or store, Latin a, ab; German von ... her, von neben; French de chez; (English from beside, from); the Septuagint for ynEp]Limi, dy"mi, lx,aeme (); cf. Winer's Grammar, 364f (342f) a. properly, with a suggestion of union of place or of residence, after verbs of coming, departing, setting out, etc. (cf. French venir, partir de chez quelqu'un): ; (here Lachmann ajpov); ; ; ; (par! h|" ejkbeblhvkei eJptav daimovnia, L Tr text WH); ei\nai parav Qeou', of Christ, to be sent from God, ,; to be sprung from God (by the nature of the lovgo"), ; (where for the sake of the context kajkei'no" me ajpevsteilen (Tdf. ajpevstalkevn) is added); monogenou'" parav patrov" namely, o[nto", ; ejsti tiv parav tivno", is given by one, (cf. d. below). b. joined to passive verbs, parav makes one the author, the giver, etc. (Winer's Grammar, 365 (343); Buttmann, sec. 134, 1); so after ajpostevllesqai, (the expression originates in the fact that one who is sent is conceived of as having been at the time with the sender, so that he could be selected or commissioned from among a number and then sent off); givnesqai, ; (parav kurivou, from the Lord, by divine agency or by the power at God's command); akin to which is oujk ajdunathvsei parav tou' Qeou' pa'n rJh'ma, L marginal reading T Tr WH (see ajdunatevw, b.); lalei'sqai, (not uJpov, because God had not spoken in person, but by an angel); kathgorei'sqai, Rec. (not uJpov (yet so L T Tr WH) because Paul had not yet been formally accused by the Jews, but the tribune inferred from the tumult that the Jews accused him of some crime). c. after verbs of seeking, asking, taking, receiving, buying (cf. Winer's Grammar, 370 (347) n.; Buttmann, sec. 147, 5; yet see Lightfoot on ); as, ai[tw, aijtou'mai, (where L Tr text WH text ajp! aujtou'); ; ; ; ; (where L T Tr WH ajp! aujtou'); zhtw', ; ; ; lambavnw, ; ,,; ; ; ; ; ; <<ref:BHS/GN