Strong G3891παρανομέω

to break the law

Transliteration
paranomeō
Pronunciation
par-an-om-eh'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From a compound of G3844 and G3551; to be opposed to law that is to transgress: - contrary to law.

Detailed definition

παρα-νομέω, ῶ
[in LXX for הָלַל, etc., chiefly in Pss and 2Mac;]
to be a παράνομος, to transgress the law: Act.23:3.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3891 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • law1

First verses

  1. Acts 23:3
    Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?
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Detailed Greek dictionary
παρανομ-έω,
imperfect παρενόμουν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.17, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 17.22, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.77)]: future -ήσω[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 45)]: aorist παρενόμησα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.238, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.67, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 20, later παρην- 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demetrius” 37)]: perfect παρανενόμηκα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.126, later παρηνόμηκα 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.61)]: pluperfect παρενενομήκεσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.1.31)]:—passive, aorist παρενομήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.16, etc.)]: perfect παρανενόμημαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 44.31, 54.2)]; participle παρηνομημένος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 167.38 (Mylasa, 4th c.BC))]:—transgress the law, actunlawfully, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.65, +others)]; κοινῇτι π[Refs 5th c.BC+ (. [prev. work] 82; παρανομοῦντά τε καὶ ἀδικοῦντα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 338e, etc.: with _accusative_ _cognate_, παρανομίαν π. 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 1.15b.)]
2 commit a crime or outrage, τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.15, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.21, Aeschin.[same place], 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1307b31; ἐς τὸν νεκρὸν ταῦτα παρενόμησε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.238, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.17; εἰς θεούς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.126; εἰς τὸ μαντεῖον 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.61; also π. τὸ θεῖον καὶ πάτριον ἀξίωμα τῆς εὐσεβείας 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.166b; περὶ σφᾶς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.108)]; π. τὰ δημόσια act illegally in public matters, [Refs ([prev. author] 2.37:)] —passive, κάθοδος παρανομηθεῖσα a return illegally procured, [Refs ([prev. author] 5.16.)]
II passive, to be ill-used, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.45, 44.31, “PSI” 4.330.8 (3rd c.BC))]; εἰς τὸ σῶμα [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Timoleon” 13)]; ἡ φύσις παρανομεῖται, ἡ συνήθεια παρανενόμηται, [Refs ([prev. author] 2.755c, 1070c.)]