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presence G3952 G3952 = G3952 παρουσία parousia G:N-F coming παρ-ουσία, -ας, ἡ [in LXX: Neh.2:6 A, Jdth.10:18, 2Ma.8:12 2Mac 15:21, 3Ma.3:17 * ;]
1. usually in cl., a being present, presence: 1Kor 16:17, 2Kor 10:10; opposite to ἀπουσία, Flp 2:12 (cf. 2Ma.15:21).
2. a coming, arrival, advent (Soph., Eur., Thuc., itd., see LS, see word; so Jth, l.with, 2Ma.8:12) : 2Kor 7:6-7, Flp 1:26, 2Tes 2:9; in late writers (see M, Th., 145 ff.; MM, xix; LAE, 372 ff.) as technical term for the visit of a king; hence, in NT, specif. of the Advent or Parousia of Christ : Mt 24:3, 27 24:37, 39, 1Kor 15:23, 1Tes 2:19 3:13 4:15 5:23, 2Tes 2:1 2:8, Jk 5:7-8, 2P 1:16 3:4 3:12, 1Jn 2:28.† (AS)