Definition

to furnish aside, i.e. get ready

Etymology

from G3844 (παρά) and a derivative of G4632 (σκεῦος);

Word family

• παρά pará
• σκεῦος skeûos

How the KJV renders it

• prepare self
• be (make) ready

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.