παραβάτης

parabatēs · transgressor

Greek word · Strong’s number G3848 · appears 5 times in the Bible

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What it means

parabatēs (παραβάτης) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “transgressor”.

Someone who breaks a command.

How to say it

pa·ra·ba·tēs

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. One who breaks the law.

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

How it is translated

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

  • transgressor ×4
  • transgressors ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

  • Romans 2:25

    For circumcision indeed is of value if you practice the law; but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

  • Romans 2:27

    And the one who is physically uncircumcised but fulfills the law will judge you, who with the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of the law.

  • Galatians 2:18

    For if what I tore down, these things I build again, I prove myself to be a transgressor.

  • James 2:9

    But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

  • James 2:11

    For the one who said, Do not commit adultery, also said, Do not murder. And if you do not commit adultery but you murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.