Strong G3845παραβαίνω

to transgress

Transliteration
parabainō
Pronunciation
par-ab-ah'ee-no
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G3844 and the base of G939; to go contrary to that is violate a command: - (by) transgress (-ion).

Detailed definition

παρα-βαίνω
[in LXX for סוּר, עָבַר, פָּרַר, שָׂטָה, etc.;]
1. in Hom. (twice), to go by the side of, stand beside.

2. In Æsch., Herod., Thuc., al., to go past or pass over, chiefly metaphorically, to overstep, violate, transgress (Jos.7:11, Eze.16:59, Sir.40:14, al.): τ. παράδοσιν, Mat.15:2; τ. ἐντολήν, Mat.15:3; before ἀπό (as מִן סוּר, Deu.17:20, al.), to turn aside, fall away (cf. π. τῆς ἀληθείας, Arist., Cael., i, 5, 2): Act.1:25.†
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In the Bible

Strong G3845 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • do2
  • transgress2
  • fall1
  • transgresseth1

First verses

  1. Matthew 15:2
    Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
  2. Matthew 15:3
    But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
  3. Acts 1:25
    That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
  4. 2 John 1:9
    Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
παραβαίνω,
Epic dialect imperfect παρέβασκε (see. below): accusative plural present participle παρβεῶντας [Refs (“Abh.Berl.Akad.” 1925(5).21 (from Cyrene) is probably from a byform Παραβάω:)]future -βήσομαι: perfect -βέβηκ; participle -βεβώς, Epic dialect -βεβᾰώς: perfect passive -βέβασμαι (see. below 11.1): aorist 2 παρέβην: aorist passive παρεβάθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.23)]:—go by the side of, and in perfect, stand beside, twice in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], with dative, of one standing beside the warrior in the chariot (compare παραβάτης), Ἕκτορι παρβεβαώς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.522)]; of two warriors, παρβεβαῶτε.. ἀλλήλοιιν [Refs (13.708)]; also imperfect παρέβασκε, of the combatant in the chariot,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (11.104; but παρεβεβήκεέ οἱ ἡνίοχος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.40.)]
II pass beside or beyond, mostly metaphorically (literal π. τὸν ὅρον [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PHal.” 1.87 (3rd c.BC)), in _transitive_ sense:)]
II.1 overstep, transgress, τὰ νόμιμα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.65; δίκην 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 789 (_anapaest meter_); δίκην τὴν δεδικασμένην 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.87; εἴ τι τούτων παραβαίνοιμι “IG” 12.15.42, compare 76.57; θεοῦ νόμον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 230 (Lyric poetry); οὐ τοὺς νόμους μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν καιρὸν τῆς ἀναρρήσεως καὶ τὸν τόπον 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.204)]; θεσμούς, ὅρκους, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 331, 332 (both Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.78, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 9.15; τὰς σπονδάς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 461: with _accusative_ _person_, π. τινὰ δαιμόνων)] sin against a god, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.12, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.23)]; οὓς παραβαίνειν αἰσχρόν disappoint,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (Chor. p.80 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus (compare see): _absolutely_, παραβάντες)] transgressors, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 59 (_anapaest meter_); ὁ παραβαίνων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1325b5)]:—passive, to be transgressed or offended against, σπονδὰς.., ἅς γε ὁ θεὸς.. νομίζει παραβεβάσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.123; νόμῳ παραβαθέντι [prev. author] 3.67; ἐὰν καὶ ὁτιοῦν παραβαθῇ [prev. author] 4.23; παραβεβασμένοις ὅρκοις 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 17.12)]; παραβαινομένων absolutely, as offences were committed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.45.)]
II.1.b with preposition, π. παρὰ τὴν συγγραφήν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“AJA” 16.13 (Sardes, 4th-3rd c.BC).)]
II.1.c with genitive, go aside from, τῆς ἀληθείας [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 271b8.)]
II.2 pass over, omit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 499 (Lyric poetry), 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.211, Aristeas 297.)]
II.3 let pass, καιρούς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.36.)]
II.4 οὔ με παρέβα φάσμα it escaped me not, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 704 (Lyric poetry).)]
III pass on, π. εἰς ἀπέχθειαν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 38.12.3 (sed to be read προβῆναι).)]
IV come forward, especially of the Comedy texts parabasis (see. παραβασις),π. πρὸς τὸ θέατρον step forward to address the spectators, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 629, “Eq.” 508, “Pax” 735; also οὐκ ἂν παρέβην εἰς λέξιν τοιάνδ᾽ ἐπῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 92.2: similarly, _metaphorically_, δοκεῖν παραβεβηκέναι τῇ πρώτῃ σκηνῇ 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Parmenidem commentarii” p.523 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
V in middle, with accusative person, commit an offence against, Chor.p.68 [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]