Word Study: Paradidomi~He Gave His Life For Me
BYTES~ Word Study: Paradidomi~He Gave His Life For Me I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me ; the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. Galatians 2:20 PARADIDOMI Gave Himself for me is PARADIDOMI in the Greek. Paradidomi is an interesting compound of two words: Para and didomi . Para> denotes being near, beside or in the vicinity of. Didomi> means to give, grant, commit, show or deliver (up). Compound para+didomi and you get a word that means to deliver to one something to keep, use, take care of, or manage; to entrust to, to commit (something) to someone. Yet it also means to deliver up one to custody, to betray, deliver to prison. It is used to describe how Judas betrayed Jesus to the authorities. Paradidomi~ He Gave Himself For Me. As you can see, Paradidomi basically means to give, or entrust, something...