parousiva parousiva, parousiva", hJ (parwvn, parou'sa, parouson, from pavreimi which see) in Greek authors from the Tragg., Thucydides, Plato down; not found in the Septuagint;1. presence: ; ; opposed to ajpousiva/, (; (Aristotle, phys. 2, 3, p. 195a, 14; metaphys. 4, 2, p. 1013b, 14; meteor. 4, 5, p. 382a, 33 etc.)).2. the presence of one coming, hence, the coming, arrival, advent, ((Polybius 3, 41, 1. 8); ; ; (Hermas, sim. 5, 5, 3)): f; (cf. 8 ajpokalufqhvsetai; hJ ... pavlin prov" tina, of a return, . In the N. T. especially of the advent, i. e. the future, visible, return from heaven of Jesus, the Messiah, to raise the dead, hold the last judgment, and set up formally and gloriously the kingdom of God: ; hJ parousiva tou' uiJou' tou' ajnqrwvpou (27), 37, 39; tou' kurivou, ; ; ; ; f; ; Cristou', ; aujtou', ; (); ; ; (); th'" tou' Qeou' hJmevra", . It is called in ecclesiastical writings hJ deutevra/ parousiva, Ev. Nicod. c. 22 at the end; Justin Martyr, Apology 1, 52 (where see Otto's note); dialog contra Trypho, chapters 40, 110, 121; and is opposed to hJ prwvth parousiva which took place in the incarnation, birth, and earthly career of Christ, Justin Martyr, dialog contra Trypho, chapters 52, 121, cf. 14, 32, 49, etc.; (cf. Ignatius ad (and Lightfoot)); see e[leusi".*