Parabasis παράβασις

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Parabasis
παράβασις
Transliterationparabasis
Strong's numberG3847
LanguageGreek
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glosstransgression
Occurrences7 in 7 verses
Most frequent inRomans (3)

Parabasis (Greek παράβασις, Strong's G3847) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “transgression”. It occurs 7 times in 7 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

παρά-βασις, -εως, ἡ
(παραβαίνω), [in LXX: Psa.101:3 (שֵׂט), 4Ki.2:24 A, Wis.14:31, 2Ma.15:10 * ;]
1. a going aside, a deviation (Arist.).
2. In later writers, an overstepping; metaphorically, transgression (Plut., al.) : Rom.4:15 5:14, Heb.2:2 9:15; τ. νόμου, Rom.2:23; ἐν π., 1Ti.2:14; τ. παραβάσεων χάριν, Gal.3:19
SYN.: see: ἁμαρτία (AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVtransgression (4), transgressions (2), breaking (1)
BSBtransgression (3), transgressions (2), breaking (1), transgressed (1)

Verses

Every verse with Parabasis, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Romans

Galatians

1 Timothy

Hebrews

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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