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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #3847 - παράβασις

Transliteration

parábasis

Phonetics

par-ab'-as-is

Origin

from (G3845)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TDNT

5:739,772

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a going over
metaph. a disregarding, violating
1. of the Mosaic law
2. the breach of a definite, promulgated, ratified law
3. to create transgressions, i.e. that sins might take on the character of transgressions, and thereby the consciousness of sin be intensified and the desire for redemption be aroused

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 7846 ‑ סֵט (sayte, sayt);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (8)

Romans 4

Galatians 1

1 Timothy 1

Hebrews 2

BSB (7)

Romans 3

Galatians 1

1 Timothy 1

Hebrews 2

CSB (6)

Romans 3

Galatians 1

1 Timothy 1

Hebrews 2

ESV (6)

Romans 3

Galatians 1

1 Timothy 1

Hebrews 2

KJV (7)

Romans 3

Galatians 1

1 Timothy 1

Hebrews 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (7)

Romans 3

Galatians 1

1 Timothy 1

Hebrews 2

N95 (7)

Romans 3

Galatians 1

1 Timothy 1

Hebrews 2

NAS (7)

Romans 3

Galatians 1

1 Timothy 1

Hebrews 2

NLT (7)

Romans 4

Galatians 1

1 Timothy 1

Hebrews 3

WEB (8)

Romans 4

Galatians 1

1 Timothy 1

Hebrews 2

YLT (7)

Romans 3

Galatians 1

1 Timothy 1

Hebrews 2

ASV (8)

is there transgression 1

of 1

of the transgressions 1

of transgressions 1

thy transgression 1

transgression 3

BSB (7)

breaking 1

transgressed 1

transgression 3

transgressions 1

transgressions committed 1

CSB (6)

breaking 1

the transgressions 1

transgression 3

transgressions 1

ESV (6)

breaking 1

transgression 3

transgressions 2

KJV (7)

breaking 1

transgression 4

transgressions 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (7)

transgression 1

trespass 4

trespasses 2

N95 (7)

breaking 1

offense 1

transgression 2

transgressions 2

violation 1

NAS (7)

breaking 1

violation 3

violations 2

wrongdoer 1

NLT (7)

break 1

breaking 1

committed 1

god 1

law 1

sin 1

sins 1

WEB (8)

disobedience 2

is there disobedience 1

of 1

of the transgressions 1

of transgressions 1

transgression 1

your disobedience 1

YLT (7)

[is] transgression 1

transgression 4

transgressions 2

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-DSF 1

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 2

ANT

N-DSF 1

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 2

BEZ

N-DSF 1

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 2

BGB

N-DSF 1

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 2

BMT

N-DSF 1

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 2

BYZ

N-DSF 1

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 2

ELZ

N-DSF 1

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 2

NA26

N-DSF 1

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 2

SBL

N-DSF 1

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 2

SCV

N-DSF 1

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 2

STV

N-DSF 1

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 2

TIS

N-DSF 1

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 2

N-DSF 1

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 2

TRG

N-DSF 1

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 2

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

παρά-βᾰσις,

παραίβ-, εως, ἡ,

going aside, escape, παραίβασις ἔσσετ' ὀλέθρου A.R. 4.832; deviation, v.l. in Arist. Pol. 1307b33, cf. Plu. 2.649b (pl.); digression, Str. 1.2.2, Longin. 12.5 (pl.).

2. of the action of walking, π. καὶ παράλλαξις σκελῶν Plu. Phil. 6.

3. transition, passage, Demetr.Lac. Herc. 1012.31.

II overstepping, ὅρων Plu. 2.122e; ἔθους Str. 12.8.9; τοῦ πατρίου νόμου J. AJ 18.8.2; τῶν δικαίων παραβάσεις Plu. Comp.Ages.Pomp. 1: abs., transgression, LXX 4 Ki. 2.24, Galatians 3:19, Plu. 2.209a, 746c, etc.; error, illusion, Epicur. Nat. 11.7; cf. παραβασία.

III parabasis, a part of the Old Comedy, in which the Chorus came forward (cf. παραβαίνω IV) and addressed the audience in the Poet's name, Plu. 2.711f, Heph. Poëm. 8, Sch. Ar. Pax 733, etc.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

παράβασις, παραβάσεως, ἡ (παραβαίνω, which see), properly, a going over; metaphorically, a disregarding, violating; Vulg. praevaricario, and once (Galatians 3:19)transgressio; (A. V. transgression): with a genitive of the object, τῶν ὅρκων, 2 Macc. 15:10; τῶν δικαίων, Plutarch, comparative, Ages. and Pomp. 1; τοῦ νόμου, of the Mosaic law, Romans 2:23 (Josephus, Antiquities 18, 8, 2); absolutely, the breach of a definite, promulgated, tariffed law: Romans 5:14; 1 Timothy 2:14 (but ἁμαρτία is wrong-doing which even a man ignorant of the law may be guilty of (cf. Trench, N. T. Synonyms, § lxvi.)); τῶν παραβάσεων χάριν, to create transgressions, i. e. that sins might take on the character of transgressions, and thereby the consciousness of sin be intensified and the desire for redemption be aroused, Galatians 3:19; used of the transgression of the Mosaic law, Romans 4:15; Hebrews 2:2; Hebrews 9:15; Psalm 100:3 (); with a genitive of the subjunctive, τῶν ἀδίκων, Wis. 14:31.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

παρά -βασις , -εως , ἡ

(< παραβαίνω ),

[in LXX: Psalms 101:3 (H7846), 2 Kings 2:24 A, Wisdom of Solomon 14:31, 2 Maccabees 15:10*;]

1. a going aside, a deviation (Arist.).

2. In later writers, an overstepping; metaph., transgression (Plut., al.) : Romans 4:15; Romans 5:14, Hebrews 2:2; Hebrews 9:15; τ . νόμου , Romans 2:23; ἐν Papyri, 1 Timothy 2:14; τ . παραβάσεων χάριν , Galatians 3:19.

SYN.: see ἁμαρτία G266.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For παροξύνομαι, ";provoke"; in malam partem, as in 1 Corinthians 13:5, we may cite PSI I. 41.13 (IV/A.D.), where a woman complains that her husband is being provoked against her by her sister, παροξυνόμενος ὑπὸ τ [ῆ ]ς ὁμογνησίας αὐτοῦ [ἀδελφῆς, and the fragmentary BGU II. 588.7 (i/A.D.) ὁ ὑπ᾽ ἀνθρώ [ . . . ] παροξυνθείς. The verb is used in bonam partem in OGIS 48.15 (iii/B.C.) ἐφ᾽ ο [ἷς ] παροξυνόμενοι οἱ νεώτεροι καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι π [ολῖτ ]αι ο [ἱ ] αἱρο [ύμενοι ] βέλτιον π [ολιτεύεσθ ]αι κτλ. See also Jos. Antt. XVI. 125 (iv. 4) παροξῦναι δὲ τὴν εὔνοιαν, Xen. Mem. iii. 3. 13 φιλοτιμία ἥπερ μάλιστα παροξύνει πρὸς τὰ καλὰ καὶ ἔντιμα, and the other exx. in Field Notes, p. 231.

List of Word Forms

παραβασει παραβάσει παραβάσεις παραβασεων παραβάσεων παραβασεως παραβάσεως παραβασις παράβασις parabasei parabásei parabaseon parabaseōn parabáseon parabáseōn parabaseos parabaseōs parabáseos parabáseōs parabasis parábasis