Strong G3921παρεισδύνω

to infiltrate

Transliteration
pareisdunō
Pronunciation
par-ice-doo'-no
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G3844 and a compound of G1519 and G1416; to settle in alongside that is lodge stealthily: - creep in unawares.

Detailed definition

παρ-εισ-δύω
(also -δύνω),
to slip in secretly, steal in: παρεισεδύησαν (vulgar aor.; pass. for act., El., § 19, 2), Ju 4 (cf. also MM, xix).†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3921 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • be1
  • creep1

First verses

  1. Jude 1:4
    For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
παρεισ-δύνω,
slip in, penetrate, τὸ ἔλαιον π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author = 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus] “Pr.” 881a7: _metaphorically_, εἰς τὰς γνώμας π. 4th c.BC: Demades Orator)] 3: perfect - δέδῡκα, εἰς τὰς ἄλλας διαλέκτους [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 319.24)]:—also παρεισδύω, τὰ παρεισδύοντα τῶν διαλέκτων [Refs ([prev. author] “Pron.” 4.23.)]
II middle παρεισδύομαι, ἐς τὸ στόμα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 5.86, compare 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.101, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 2.653; ἀλλοφυλίας.. κατὰ μικρὸν -δυομένης 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.48U.; εἰς τὴν πόλιν 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 2.12.1, etc.)]; [τὸ ὕδωρ] παρεισδυόμενον πνίγει [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 933a16)]; of a leech's bite, penetrate into, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 2.6)]; of customs, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.216b, “Agis” 3, etc.)]