paraptōma · offense, wrongdoing

What it means

paraptōma (παράπτωμα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “offense, wrongdoing”.

Offense, false step, transgression.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A wrong step, leaving the right path.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• trespasses ×11
• trespass ×8

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Mark×1
• Romans×9
• 2 Corinthians×1
• Galatians×1
• Ephesians×3
• Colossians×2

• Matthew 6:14

  For if you forgive people their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you;

• Matthew 6:15

  but if you do not forgive people, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

• Mark 11:25

  And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.”

• Romans 4:25

  who was handed over for our trespasses and was raised for our declaration of righteousness.

• Romans 5:15

  But not as the trespass, so also is the gift. For if by the trespass of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of the one man Jesus the Messiah abound for the many.

• Romans 5:16

  And the free gift is not like what came through the one who sinned; for the judgment came from one for condemnation, but the gift from many trespasses for a sentence of righteousness.

• Romans 5:17

  For if, by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus the Messiah.

• Romans 5:18

  So then, as through one trespass the result for all people was condemnation, so also through one act of righteousness the result for all people is a declaration of righteousness of life.

• Romans 5:20

  Now the law came in alongside so that the trespass might increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

• Romans 11:11

  I say then, they did not stumble so as to fall, did they? By no means! But by their trespass salvation has come to the nations, so as to provoke them to jealousy.

• Romans 11:12

  Now if their trespass is riches for the world and their failure riches for the nations, how much more their fullness!

• 2 Corinthians 5:19

  namely, that God was in the Messiah reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the word of reconciliation.

• Galatians 6:1

  Brothers, even if a person is caught in some trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, watching yourself, lest you too be tempted.

• Ephesians 1:7

  In him we have the redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

• Ephesians 2:1

  And you, being dead in your trespasses and sins,

• Ephesians 2:5

  even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with the Messiah —by grace you have been saved—

• Colossians 2:13

  And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all the trespasses,

And 2 more times.