Lexical Definition

‎παράκειμαι‎ parákeimai (par-ak'-i-mahee) be present ^G:V
from ‎παρά‎ and ‎κεῖμαι‎

be present.

• to lie near, i.e. be at hand (figuratively, be prompt or easy)

Abbott-Smith

** παρά-κειμαι, [in LXX: Jdt.3.2, 3, Si 30:18 34 (31):16, Da LXX Bel 1:14, II, III Mac5*;]
to lie beside, be near, be present: Ro 7:18, 21.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

παράκειμαι,

poetry πάρκειμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: Epic dialect imperfect παρεκέσκετο [Refs 8th c.BC+] —used as passive to παρατίθημι, lie beside or before, ἔτι καὶ παρέκειτο τράπεζα [Refs 8th c.BC+]: generally, to be at hand, available, οἷα τέκτοσιν ἡμῖν ὕλη παράκειται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be adjacent, with dative, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] the choice is before you, to fight or flee, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἅμα παρακεῖσθαι λύπας τε καὶ ἡδονάς lie side by side, [Refs 5th c.BC+]participle, Ἀΐδᾳ παρακείμενος lying at death's door, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρκείμενον τέρας the present marvel, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ παρκείμενον the present, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ π., also, dishes on table, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ π. πύλη the nearest gate, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἐν μνήμῃ παρακείμενα things present in memory, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; under discussion, λόγος [Refs 1st c.BC+]; obvious, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be closely connected with, παράκεινται τῇ μαθηματικῇ θεωρίᾳ ἥ τε θεολογικὴ ἐπιστήμη καὶ ἡ φυσική lamb.[Refs]

__b in legal phrases, to be attached or appended, of documents, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; to be noted, scheduled, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; to be preserved in a register or archive, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
__2 press on, urge, with dative, πυκνότερον ἡμῖν -κείμενοι [LXX+2nd c.BC+]
__3 metaphorically, lie prostrate, of absolute subjection, π. πρὸ προσώπου σου [LXX]
__4 to be permissible, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II in Grammars, etc.:
__II.1 to be laid down, mentioned in text-books, τὰ σημεῖα οὐ παράκειται [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; simply, to be cited, ἐκ τῶν Θεοφράστου [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 ὁ παρακείμενος (i.e. χρόνος) the perfect tense, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.3 ἀντίφρασίς ἐστι λέξις.. διὰ τοῦ π. τὸ ἐναντίον παριστῶσα, ex adjecto, as when the Furies are called [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.4 of words, to be joined by juxtaposition (not composition,[Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.5 to be interpolated, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]