Parakupto describes bending down to look into something, whether a grave or an object of sustained attention.

The dominant use describes bending down to look into a grave, as the visitors look inward without necessarily entering. The remaining verses extend the same posture to looking into the law of freedom and to the things angels long to examine.

1. Bending down to look into a grave · dominant

   In John 20:5, the aorist active participle occurs as he looks in, sees the linen cloths, and does not enter; the APB renders the action “stooping.” In Luke 24:12 Peter stoops before seeing only the bandages, and in John 20:11 Mary stoops toward the grave while weeping.

   John 20:5Luke 24:12John 20:11
2. Looking intently into a subject · common

   In James 1:25, the aorist active participle describes the person who has directed this action into the perfect law of freedom and continues as a doer. In 1 Peter 1:12, the aorist active infinitive names what angels long to do with the reported things; the APB renders the clause “angels long to look.”

   James 1:251 Peter 1:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the grave scenes with “stooped” or “stooping,” and renders the angelic clause with “look.” In James 1:25 it says the person has “stooped into” the law; these are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.