παρ-ουσία, -ας, ἡ [in LXX: Neh.2:6 A, Jdth.10:18, 2Ma.8:12 2Mac 15:21, 3Ma.3:17 *;] 1) usually in cl, a being present,
presence: 1Co.16:17, 2Co.10:10; opposite to ἀπουσία, Php.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): 2Co.7:6-7, Php.1:26, 2Th.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: Mat.24:3, 27 24:37, 39, 1Co.15:23, 1Th.2:19 3:13 4:15 5:23, 2Th.2:1 2:8, Jas.5:7-8, 2Pe.1:16 3:4 3:12, 1Jn.2:28. (
AS)