Lexical Definition

‎παρακύπτω‎ parakýptō (par-ak-oop'-to) to stoop ^G:V
from ‎παρά‎ and ‎κύπτω‎

look (into), stoop down.

• to bend beside, i.e. lean over (so as to peer within)

Abbott-Smith

παρα-κύπτω, [in LXX chiefly for שׁקף ni., hi.;]
1. to stoop sideways.
2. to stoop to look: Lk 24:12 (R, txt.), Jo 20:5, 11. Metaph. (v. Hort, Ja., in l.), to look into: seq. εἰς, Ja 1:25, I Pe 1:12.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

παρακύπτω-κύπτω,

poetry παρκύπτω, stoop sideways, of the attitude of a bad harp-player, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; lean over a railing, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

__II stoop for the purpose of looking, and so,
__II.1 look sideways at, cast a careless glance on a thing, παρακύπτωκύψαντ᾽ ἐπὶ τὸν τῆς πόλεως πόλεμον [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 peep out of a door or window, ἐκ θυρίδος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of girls peeping after a lover, [LXX+3rd c.BC+]; π. τὸν ἐραστὴν ἰδεῖν so as to see him, [Refs 1st c.AD+] a hope of safety peeped out, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀδόντων παρακύπτωκυψάντων, of the first teeth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: followed by an interrogative clause, peep out and see, π. τίς ἄνεμος πνεῖ [Refs 2nd c.AD+] — passive, θυρίδες παρακύπτωκυπτόμεναι probably out of which people look, [LXX]
__II.3 of persons outside a place, peep in, look in, εἰς οἰκίαν[LXX+NT]; παρακύπτωκύψας βλέπει[παρακύπτωκύψας εἰς νόμον τέλειον NT.Jas.1.25; π. εἰς τὰ ὑμέτερα 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pisc.” 30, cf. NT.1Pet.1.12 ">NT+2nd c.AD+]; of a thing, appear in, ἐς ἀρχόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4 meddle with, πράγματι [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Song.2.9 ☩ John.20.11 ☩ Luke.24.12 ☩ Jas.1.25 ☩ 1Pet.1.12}