STRONGS NUMBER G3902


Word Summary
parasēmos: marked amiss, marked at the side, marked with a sign
Original Word: παράσημος
Transliteration: parasēmos
Phonetic Spelling: (par-as'-ay-mos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: marked amiss, marked at the side, marked with a sign
Meaning: marked amiss, marked at the side, marked with a sign
Strong's Concordance
side-marked with a figurehead

From para and the base of semaino; side-marked, i.e. Labelled (with a badge (figure-head) of a ship) -- sign.

see GREEK para

see GREEK semaino

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3902: παράσημος

παράσημος, παράσημον (παρά (which see IV. 2), and σῆμα (a mark))

1. marked falsely, spurious, counterfeit; as coin.

2. marked beside or on the margin; so of noteworthy words, which the reader of a book marks on the margin hence,

3. universally, noted, marked, conspicuous, remarkable (of persons, in a bad sense, notorious); marked with a sign: ἐν πλοίῳ παρασήμῳ Διοσκωυροις, in a ship marked with the image or figure of the Dioscuri, Acts 28:11 (cf. B. D. under the word ).