παρουσία

παρ-ουσία, -ας, ἡ

[in LXX: Neh 2,6 A, Jdt 10,18, 2Ma 8,12 2Mac 15,21, 3Ma 3,17 * ;]

1. usually in cl., a being present, presence: 1 Kor 16,17, 2 Kor 10,10; opposite to ἀπουσία, Fil 2,12 (cf. 2Ma 15,21).

2. a coming, arrival, advent (Soph., Eur., Thuc., al., see LS, see word; so Jth, l.with, 2Ma 8,12) : 2 Kor 7,6-7, Fil 1,26, 2 Thess 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 : Matt 24,3, 27; 24,37, 39, 1 Kor 15,23, 1 Thess 2,19; 3,13; 4,15; 5,23, 2 Thess 2,1; 2,8, Jak 5,7-8, 2 Pet 1,16; 3,4; 3,12, 1 Joh 2,28.†