Strong's Concordance
Original word: παρασκευή
Transliteration: paraskeué
Definition (short): preparation
Definition (full): preparation, the day of preparation (for a Sabbath or feast)
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: from paraskeuazó
Definition: preparation, the day of preparation (for a Sabbath or feast)
NASB Translation: day (1), day of preparation (3), preparation (2), preparation day (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
As if from paraskeuazo; readiness -- preparation.
see GREEK paraskeuazo
References
KJV:
Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
NASB:
Now on the next day, the day after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together with Pilate,
KJV:
And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
NASB:
When evening had already come, because it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
KJV:
And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
NASB:
It was the preparation day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.
KJV:
And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
NASB:
Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover; it was about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, "Behold, your King!"
KJV:
The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
NASB:
Then the Jews, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.