To infiltrate
παρεισδύνωStrong’s G3921pareisdunō
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Pareisdunō is the Greek word usually translated “came in stealthily”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “came in stealthily”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- came in stealthily 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jude 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
παρεισδύνω pareisdunō · to infiltrate
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “infiltrate” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
INFIL'TRATE, verb intransitive
To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance.
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.