παρασκευ-ή G3904
Preparation; in the NT exclusively the day before the Sabbath or a Jewish festival, i.e., Friday.
Paraskeue literally means 'preparation,' but every New Testament occurrence has crystallized into a technical calendar term: the day before the Sabbath or a major feast, when all cooking, burial arrangements, and other work had to be finished before sunset. All four Gospels use it in the Passion narrative — Matthew 27:62, Mark 15:42, Luke 23:54, John 19:14, 31 — anchoring the crucifixion chronology. The German 'Ruesttag' (literally 'equipping-day') captures this sense beautifully, as does the uniform Spanish 'Preparacion.'
Senses
1. Preparation (day before Sabbath/feast) — The day of preparation before the Sabbath or a major Jewish festival, specifically Friday, when all necessary work and food preparation had to be completed before sunset. The multilingual glosses — English 'Preparation,' Spanish 'Preparacion,' French 'Preparation,' German 'Ruesttag' — all treat it as a proper technical term. Every NT occurrence (Matt 27:62; Mark 15:42; Luke 23:54; John 19:14, 31) falls within the Passion narrative, making this word a crucial chronological marker for the events of Jesus' death and burial. 6×
AR["الاِسْتِعْدادِ", "يَوْمَ-الاسْتِعْدَادِ", "يَوْمَ-الْاِسْتِعْدَادِ", "يَوْمِ-التَّهْيِئَةِ", "يَوْمِ-الْاِسْتِعْدَادِ"]·ben["παρασκευῆς-প্রস্তুতি-দিন", "প্রস্তুতি-দিন", "প্রস্তুতি-দিনের", "প্রস্তুতির"]·DE["Ruesttag", "Παρασκευήν", "Παρασκευῆς"]·EN["Preparation", "of-Preparation", "the-Preparation"]·FR["Préparation"]·heb["הֲכָנָה", "עֶרֶב-פֶּסַח", "עֶרֶב־שַׁבָּת", "פַּרַסְקֵבִי"]·HI["तैयारी", "तैयारी-का", "तैयारी-का-दिन"]·ID["Hari-Persiapan", "Persiapan"]·IT["Preparazione"]·jav["Cawis-Cawis", "Cecawis", "Paraskéwé,", "Paskah-Cecawis", "Samektan"]·KO["예비일", "준비-날", "준비날이었다", "준비일의"]·PT["Preparação", "preparação"]·RU["Приготовление", "Пятница", "Пятницы", "приготовления"]·ES["Preparación", "de-preparación"]·SW["Ijumaa", "Maandalio"]·TR["Hazırlık", "Hazırlık-Günü", "Hazırlık-Günü'nün", "Hazırlık-gününden"]·urd["تیاری", "تیاری-کا", "تیاری-کے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
παρασκευ-ή, ἡ, preparation, δείπνου Refs 5th c.BC+; παρασκευὴν σίτου παραγγείλας having ordered corn to be prepared, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐν τούτῳ παρασκευῆς ἦσαν in this state of preparation, Refs 5th c.BC+; preparation, practice, as of a speaker preparing his speech, Refs 5th c.BC+; λέγειν ἀπὸ παρασκευῆς, opposed to αὐτοσχεδίως, Refs 2nd c.AD+; also, in a speech, preparatory section, Refs 4th c.BC+…