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Lexicon :: Strong's G3847 - parabasis

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παράβασις
Transliteration
parabasis (Key)
Pronunciation
par-ab'-as-is
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

παράβασις parábasis, par-ab'-as-is; from G3845; violation:—breaking, transgression.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G3847 in the following manner: transgression (6x), breaking (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G3847 in the following manner: transgression (6x), breaking (1x).

  1. a going over

  2. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
παράβασις parábasis, par-ab'-as-is; from G3845; violation:—breaking, transgression.
STRONGS G3847:
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 (Ps. 101:3); with a genitive of the subjunctive, τῶν ἀδίκων, Wis. 14:31.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
100:3; 101:3
Romans
2:23; 4:15; 5:14
Galatians
3:19; 3:19
1 Timothy
2:14
Hebrews
2:2; 9:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3847 matches the Greek παράβασις (parabasis),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:23 - You who boast in the law dishonor God by breaking the law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:15 - For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:14 - Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:19 - Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 2:14 - and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 2:2 - For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:15 - Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.[fn]
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