Lexicon parabasis: a going aside, a transgression Original Word: παράβασις, εως, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: parabasis Phonetic Spelling: (par-ab'-as-is) Short Definition: a transgression Definition: a transgression, overstepping, deviation. HELPS word-Studies 3847 parábasis (from 3844 /pará, "contrary" and bainō, "go") – properly, an "overstepping" (BAGD); a deliberate going over "the line." 3847 ("a stepping over the line") in the NT refers to the willful disregard (breaking) of God's law which defies His drawn-lines (boundaries); an arrogant "over-stepping." [In classical Greek, 3847 (parábasis) likewise means "a going aside, a deviation (Aristotle) – in later writers, an overstepping; metaphorically, transgression (Plutarch, etc.)" (A-S).] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom parabainóDefinitiona going aside, a transgression NASB Translationbreaking (1), offense (1), transgression (2), transgressions (2), violation (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3847: παράβασιςπαράβασις, 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.
Strong's breaking, transgression. From parabaino; violation -- breaking, transgression. see GREEK parabaino |
