Greek

To pass

παράγωStrong’s G3855

paragō

Appears in 11 verses of the New Testament

In short

Paragō is the Greek word usually translated “passing on”, “is passing away” and “passing by”. It appears in 11 verses of the New Testament.

“And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.”

Matthew 9:9 KJV

Meaning

Usually translated “passing on”, “is passing away” and “passing by”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

passing on 3
is passing away 3
passing by 2
is passing by 1
passing 1
he was passing by 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Matthew 3
Mark 3
John 2
1 John 2
1 Corinthians 1

5 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

All 11 verses, by book

Matthew 3: 9:9 9:27 20:30
Mark 3: 1:16 2:14 15:21
John 2: 8:59 9:1
1 Corinthians 1: 7:31
1 John 2: 2:8 2:17

Greek dictionary

παράγω paragō · to pass

παρ-άγω [in LXX chiefly for עָבַר ;] 1. trans., to lead by, lead aside, lead into, lead forward, etc. 2. Intrans., (a) to pass by: Mat.9:9, 27 20:30, Mrk.2:14 15:21, Jhn.8:59 R, txt., Jhn.9:1; before παρό, with accusative, Mrk.1:16; (b) to go away, depart; metaphorically, to pass away: 1Co.7:31; mid., 1Jn.2:8 Jn 2:17.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “pass” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

P'ASS, verb intransitive

[Eng. pat, and as a noun, a pass a defile, an ambling, pace; passen, to be fit, to suit; Latin patior, whence passion, to suffer, and peto, competo, in the sense of fit; Gr. to walk or step, to suffer; The word pass coincides with Latin passus, a step, and this is from pando, Latin passus, a step, and this is from pando, to extend; n being casual, the original word was pado.

To move, in almost any manner; to go; to proceed from one place to another.
To move from one state to another; to alter or change, or to be changed in condition; as, to pass from health to sickness; to pass from just to unjust.
To vanish; to disappear; to be lost.
To be spent; to go on or away progressively.

All definitions and other forms of “pass”

To die; to depart from life. [Little used.]
To be in any state; to undergo; with under; as, to pass under the rod.
To be enacted; to receive the sanction of a legislative house or body by a majority of votes.
To be current; to gain reception or to be generally received.
To be regarded; to be received in opinion or estimation.
To occur; to be present; to take place; as, to notice what passes in the mind.
To be done.
To determine; to give judgment or sentence.
To thrust; to make a push in fencing or fighting.
To omit; to suffer to go unheeded or neglected.
To move through any duct or opening; as, substances in the stomach that will not pass not be converted into ailment.
To percolate; to be secreted; as juices that pass from the glands into the mouth.
To be in a tolerable state.
To be transferred from one owner to another.
To go beyond bounds.
To run or extend; as a line or other thing.
To be spent; to be lost.

P'ASS, verb transitive

To go beyond. The sun has passed the age of frivolousness.

To go through or over; as, to pass a river.
To spend; to live through; as, to pass time; to pass the night in revelry, and the day in sleep.
To cause to move; to send; as, to pass the bottle from one guest to another; to pass a pauper from one town to another; to pass a rope round a yard; to pass the blood from the right to the left ventricle of the heart.
To cause to move hastily.
To transfer from one owner to another; to sell or assign; as, to pass land from A to B by deed; to pass a note or bill.
To strain; to cause to percolate; as, to pass wine through a filter.
To utter; to pronounce; as, to pass compliments; to pass sentence or judgment; to pass censure on another's works.
To procure or cause to go.
To put an end to.
To omit; to neglect either to do or to mention.
To transcend; to transgress or go beyond; as, to pass the bounds of moderation.
To admit; to allow; to approve and receive as valid or just; as, to pass an account at the war-office.
To approve or sanction by a constitutional or legal majority of votes; as, the house of representatives passed the bill.
To enact; to carry through all the forms necessary to give validity; as, the legislature passed the bill into a law.
To impose fraudulently; as, she passed the child on her husband for a boy.
To practice artfully; to cause to succeed; as, to pass a trick on one.
To surpass; to excel; to exceed.
To thrust; to make a push in fencing.
To overlook; to excuse; to forgive; not to censure or punish; as, to pass by a crime or fault.
To neglect; to disregard.
To omit; to overlook or disregard.

P'ASS, noun

A narrow passage, entrance or avenue; a narrow or difficult place of entrance and exit; as a pass between mountains.

A passage; a road.
Permission to pass to go or to come; a license to pass; a passport.
An order for sending vagrants or impotent persons to their place of abode.
In fencing and fighting, a thrust; a push; attempt to stab or strike; as, to make a pass at an antagonist.
State; condition or extreme case; extremity.

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.