To deliver
παραδίδωμιStrong’s G3860paradidōmi
Appears in 118 verses of the New Testament
In short
Paradidōmi is the Greek word usually translated “delivered”, “betray” and “gave up”. It appears in 118 verses of the New Testament.
“Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.”
Meaning
Usually translated “delivered”, “betray” and “gave up”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- delivered 9
- will betray 7
- gave up 6
- he may betray 5
- betraying 5
- he delivered 4
- having betrayed 3
- was delivered 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 31
- Mark 19
- Luke 17
- John 15
- Acts 14
- Romans 6
14 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Peter 2:4In contextFor if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
- 2 Peter 2:21In contextFor it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
- Jude 1:3In contextBeloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
- Matthew 4:12Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
- Matthew 5:25Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
- Matthew 10:4Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
All 118 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
παραδίδωμι paradidōmi · to deliver
παρα-δίδωμι, [in LXX chiefly for נתן ;] correl. to παρδέχομαι, 1. to give or hand over to another: with accusative and dative, Mat.11:27 25:14, Luk.4:6, al.; of being delivered up to a course of teaching, pass. before εἰς, Rom.6:17. 2. to commit, commend: Act.14:26 15:40, 1Pe.2:23. …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “deliver” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DELIVER, verb transitive
[Latin Free, disengaged; to free, to peel.]
- To free; to release, as from restraint; to set at liberty; as, to deliver one from captivity.
- To rescue, or save.“DELIVER me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked” Psalms 17:13
- To give, or transfer; to put into anothers hand or power; to commit; to pass from one to another.“Thou shalt deliver Pharoahs cup into his hand” Genesis 40:13
- To surrender; to yield; to give up; to resign; as, to deliver a fortress to an enemy.
All definitions and other forms of “deliver”
- To disbuden of a child.
- To utter; to pronounce; to speak; to send forth in words; as, to deliver a sermon, an address, or an oration.
- To exert in motion.
- To surrender or resign; to put into anothers power; to commit to the discretion of; to abandon to.“DELIVER me not over to the will of my enemies” Psalms 27:12
DELIVER, adjective
Free; nimble.
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.