Trespass
παράπτωμαStrong’s G3900paraptōma
Appears in 19 verses of the New Testament
In short
Paraptōma is the Greek word usually translated “trespasses”, “trespass” and “transgressions”. It appears in 19 verses of the New Testament.
“For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:”
Meaning
Usually translated “trespasses”, “trespass” and “transgressions”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- trespasses 11
- trespass 8
- of trespasses 1
- in trespasses 1
- transgressions 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 8
- Matthew 3
- Ephesians 3
- Mark 2
- 2 Corinthians 1
- Galatians 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 6:15But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
- Matthew 18:35So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
- Mark 11:25And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
- Mark 11:26But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
- Romans 4:25Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
- Romans 5:15But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
Greek dictionary
παράπτωμα paraptōma · trespass
παρά-πτωρμα, -τος, τό (παραπίπτω), [in LXX for מַעַל, פֶּשַׁע, etc. ;] 1. a false step, a blunder (Polyb.). 2. Ethically, a misdeed, trespass (LXX): Mat.6:14-15, Mrk.11:25-26, Rom.4:25 5:15 ff Rom.11:11-12, 2Co.5:19, Gal.6:1, Eph.1:7 2:1, 5, Col.2:13.† SYN.: see: ἁμαρτία (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “trespass” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TRES'PASS, verb intransitive
[Latin trans, beyond, and passer, to pass.]
- Literally, to pass beyond; hence primarily, to pass over the boundary line of another's land; to enter unlawfully upon the land of another.
- To commit any offense or to do any act that injures or annoys another; to violate any rule of rectitude to the injury of another.
- In a moral sense, to transgress voluntarily any divine law or command; to violate any known rule of duty.“In the time of his disease did he trespass yet more” 2 Chronicles 28:22“We have trespassed against our God” Ezra 10:2
- To intrude; to go too far; to put to inconvenience by demand or importunity; as, to trespass upon the time or patience of another.
All definitions and other forms of “trespass”
TRES'PASS, noun
In law, violation of another's rights, not amounting to treason, felony, or misprision of either. Thus to enter another's close, is a trespass; to attack his person is a trespass When violence accompanies the act, it is called a trespass vi et armis.
- Any injury or offense done to another.“If ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses” Matthew 6:15
- Any voluntary transgression of the moral law; any violation of a known rule of duty; sin. Colossians 2:13“You hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins” Ephesians 2:1
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.