3848. parabatés
Strong's Lexicon
parabatés: Transgressor, lawbreaker

Original Word: παραβάτης
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: parabatés
Pronunciation: pah-rah-BAH-tace
Phonetic Spelling: (par-ab-at'-ace)
Definition: Transgressor, lawbreaker
Meaning: a transgressor, law-breaker.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek verb παραβαίνω (parabainō), meaning "to go aside" or "to transgress."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often associated with the concept of a transgressor is פֹּשֵׁעַ (pesha, Strong's H6586), which means "rebel" or "transgressor."

Usage: The term "parabatés" refers to someone who violates or transgresses a law or commandment. In the New Testament, it is often used to describe those who break God's law, highlighting the moral and spiritual implications of such actions. The word underscores the seriousness of deviating from divine commandments and the resulting separation from God's will.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, laws were central to maintaining order and justice. The concept of a "transgressor" was not only a legal term but also carried moral and ethical weight. In Jewish culture, adherence to the Mosaic Law was paramount, and transgressors were seen as those who disrupted the covenant relationship with God. The New Testament writers, particularly Paul, use "parabatés" to emphasize the universal need for redemption through Christ, as all have sinned and fallen short of God's glory.

HELPS Word-studies

Cognate: 3848 parabátēs (from 3848 /parabátēs, "contrary to" and 939 /básis, "go") – properly, someone who steps over (walks contrary to) God's line. Accordingly, 3848 /parabátēs ("transgressor") refers to a deliberate violator (transgressor) of God's law. See 3847 (parabasis).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from parabainó
Definition
one who stands beside
NASB Translation
transgressor (4), transgressors (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3848: παραβάτης

παραβάτης, παραβατου, (παραβαίνω (cf. Winers Grammar, 26)), a transgressor (Vulg.praevaricator, transgressor): νόμου, a lawbreaker (Plautus legirupa), Romans 2:25, 27; James 2:11; absolutely, Galatians 2:18; James 2:9. (Aeschylus (παρβατης); Graecus Venetus, Deuteronomy 21:18, 20.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
breaker, transgressor.

From parabaino; a violator -- breaker, transgress(-or).

see GREEK parabaino

Forms and Transliterations
παραβαται παραβάται παραβατην παραβάτην παραβατης παραβάτης parabatai parabátai parabaten parabatēn parabáten parabátēn parabates parabatēs parabátes parabátēs
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Englishman's Concordance
Romans 2:25 N-NMS
GRK: ἐὰν δὲ παραβάτης νόμου ᾖς
NAS: but if you are a transgressor of the Law,
KJV: if thou be a breaker of the law, thy
INT: if however a transgressor of law you are

Romans 2:27 N-AMS
GRK: καὶ περιτομῆς παραβάτην νόμου
NAS: [of the Law] and circumcision are a transgressor of the Law?
KJV: circumcision dost transgress the law?
INT: and circumcision [are] a transgressor of law

Galatians 2:18 N-AMS
GRK: πάλιν οἰκοδομῶ παραβάτην ἐμαυτὸν συνιστάνω
NAS: I prove myself to be a transgressor.
KJV: I make myself a transgressor.
INT: again I build a transgressor myself I constitute

James 2:9 N-NMP
GRK: νόμου ὡς παραβάται
NAS: by the law as transgressors.
KJV: the law as transgressors.
INT: law as transgressors

James 2:11 N-NMS
GRK: δέ γέγονας παραβάτης νόμου
NAS: you have become a transgressor of the law.
KJV: thou art become a transgressor of the law.
INT: however you have become a transgressor of [the] law

Strong's Greek 3848
5 Occurrences


παραβάται — 1 Occ.
παραβάτην — 2 Occ.
παραβάτης — 2 Occ.

















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