parerchomai · pass by, pass away

What it means

parerchomai (παρέρχομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “pass by, pass away”.

Pass, pass by; come to an end, pass away.

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. To go along beside someone without stopping.
2. To come to an end, cease to exist.
3. To neglect a command.
4. To come up to someone in order to attend to them.

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

How it is translated

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

• pass away ×13
• pass ×7
• passed ×3
• Come ×2
• passing by ×2
• broke ×1
• gone by ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×9
• Mark×5
• Luke×9
• Acts×2
• 2 Corinthians×1
• James×1
• 1 Peter×1
• 2 Peter×1

• Matthew 5:18

  For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one iota or one stroke will ever pass from the law until all things take place.

• Matthew 8:28

  And when he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two men possessed by demons met him, coming out of the tombs, so violent that no one could pass along that road.

• Matthew 14:15

  When evening came, the disciples came to him, saying, “The place is deserted, and the hour has already passed; send the crowds away, so that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

• Matthew 24:34

  Truly I tell you, this generation will never pass away until all these things happen.

• Matthew 24:35

  Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

• Matthew 26:39

  And going forward a little, he fell on his face praying and saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet not as I want, but as you want.”

• Matthew 26:42

  Again, a second time, he went away and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, let your will be done.”

• Mark 6:48

  And seeing them straining at the rowing, for the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he comes to them, walking on the sea; and he meant to pass by them.

• Mark 13:30

  Truly I tell you that this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things happen.

• Mark 13:31

  Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

• Mark 14:35

  And going forward a little, he was falling on the ground and praying that if it is possible, the hour might pass from him.

• Luke 11:42

  But woe to you Pharisees, because you tithe mint and rue and every garden herb, and you pass over justice and the love of God; but these you ought to have done, and not neglected those.

• Luke 12:37

  Happy are those slaves whom the master will find awake when he comes. Truly I tell you that he will gird himself and have them recline at table and will come and serve them.

• Luke 15:29

  But he answered and said to his father, ‘Look, so many years I have been slaving for you, and I never broke your command, and to me you never gave a young goat so that I might celebrate with my friends;

• Luke 16:17

  But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of the law to fall.

• Luke 17:7

  “Which of you, having a slave plowing or tending sheep, is there who will say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and recline at table’?

• Luke 18:37

  And they told him, “Jesus the Nazarene is passing by.”

• Luke 21:32

  Truly I tell you that this generation will certainly not pass away until all things take place.

• Luke 21:33

  Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will certainly not pass away.

• Acts 16:8

  So passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas.

• Acts 27:9

  And when considerable time had passed and the voyage was already dangerous, because even the Fast had already gone by, Paul advised them,

• 2 Corinthians 5:17

  So if anyone is in the Messiah, there is a new creation; the old things have passed away; look, new things have come.

• James 1:10

  and let the rich boast in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.

• 1 Peter 4:3

  For the time that has passed is enough for doing what the nations want, having walked in debauchery, desires, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and lawless idolatries.

• 2 Peter 3:10

  But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the elements, burning, will be dissolved, and the earth and the works in it will be laid bare.

And 4 more times.