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παράβασις G3847
G3847 is the Greek word παράβασις, transliterated parábasis. The King James Version most often renders it transgression.
What it means
violation.
Where it comes from
from G3845 (παραβαίνω).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 6 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: breaking, transgression.
Verses using παράβασις
All 6 verses, quoted in full.
Romans 2:23 · KJV
Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
Romans 5:14 · KJV
Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
Galatians 3:19 · KJV
Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
1 Timothy 2:14 · KJV
And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
Hebrews 2:2 · KJV
For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
Hebrews 9:15 · KJV
And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
Common questions
What does Strong's G3847 mean?
G3847 is the Greek word παράβασις (parábasis), meaning violation.
How is G3847 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it transgression (3 times), transgressions (2 times), breaking (1 time).
How many times does G3847 appear in the Bible?
παράβασις (parábasis) is tagged in 6 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does G3847 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from G3845 (παραβαίνω).
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