παρεισέρχομαι

pareiserchomai · come in, slip in

Greek word · Strong’s number G3922 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

pareiserchomai (παρεισέρχομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “come in, slip in”.

Come in alongside; slip in, come in secretly.

How to say it

pa·rei·ser·cho·mai

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. To arrive as something added beside what was already there.
  2. To sneak in where one should not be.

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

How it is translated

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

  • came in alongside ×1
  • slipped in ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

  • Romans 5:20

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

  • Galatians 2:4

    And this was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in the Messiah Jesus, so that they might enslave us;