Original: παρουσία

Transliteration: parousía

Phonetic: par-oo-see'-ah

Short Definition: Coming

- Original: παρουσία

- Transliteration: Parousia

- Phonetic: par-oo-see'-ah

- Definition:

1. presence

2. the coming, arrival, advent

a. the future visible return from heaven of Jesus, to raise the dead, hold the last judgment, and set up formally and gloriously the kingdom of God

- Origin: from the present participle of G3918

- TDNT entry: 19:18,8

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: From the present participle of G3918; a being near that is advent (often return; specifically of christ to punish Jerusalem or finally the wicked); (by implication) physical aspect: - coming presence.

Cognate: G3918