Strong's #3904: paraskeue (pronounced par-ask-yoo-ay')

as if from 3903; readiness:--preparation.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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paraskeuē

1) a making ready, preparation, equipping

2) that which is prepared, equipment

3) in the NT in a Jewish sense, the day of preparation

3a) the day on which the Jews made necessary preparation to celebrate a sabbath or a feast

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: as if from G3903

Usage:

This word is used 6 times:

 

Matthew 27:62: "that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and"
Mark 15:42: "was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,"
Luke 23:54: "And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on."
John 19:14: "And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth"
John 19:31: "therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not"
John 19:42: "because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulcher was"