Transgresor
παραβάτηςStrong’s G3848parabatēs
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Parabatēs is the Greek word usually translated “transgressor” and “transgressors”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.”
Meaning
Usually translated “transgressor” and “transgressors”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- a transgressor 4
- transgressors 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 2
- James 2
- Galatians 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Romans 2:27And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?
- Galatians 2:18For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.
- James 2:9But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
- James 2:11For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
Greek dictionary
παραβάτης parabatēs · transgresor
παρα-βάτης, -ου, ὁ (παραβαίνω), [in Sm.: Psa.17:4 139:19, Jer.6:28 * ;] 1. one who stands beside, the warrior who stands by the charioteer (of. παραβαίνω, 1). 2. a transgressor (Æsch., παρβάτης): Gal.2:18, Jas.2:9; π. νόμου, Rom.2:25, 27, Jas.2:11.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “transgressor” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TRANSGRESS'OR, noun
One who breaks a law or violates a command; one who violates any known rule or principle of rectitude; a sinner.
- “The way of transgressors is hard” Proverbs 13:15
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.