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Greek noun (masculine) · G3848

παραβάτης

parabatespar-ab-at'-ace

one who stands beside, the warrior who stands by the charioteer (of. παραβαίνω; a transgressor

5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: parabátēs

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3848is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 3 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 3
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G3848

a violator

The King James renders it: breaker, transgress(-or).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

parabates is rendered "one who stands beside, the warrior who stands by the charioteer (of. παραβαίνω; a transgressor". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across three books.

  • Two of the uses stand in Romans, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "one who stands beside, the warrior who stands by the charioteer (of. παραβαίνω".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Romans 2:25Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
  • The Greek text spells it three different ways.

The first use

Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

Romans 2:25παραβάτης

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Two of the word's five uses are in Romans.

The other 24 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: one who stands beside, the warrior who stands by the charioteer (of. παραβαίνω, and a transgressor.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
one who stands beside, the warrior who stands by the charioteer (of. παραβαίνωTagged aslisted under the tableWhereRomans 2:25Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law…
a transgressorÆsch., παρβάτης): Gal.2:18, Jas.2:9; π. νόμου, Rom.2:25, 27, Jas.2:11.† (ASTagged as
  • a transgressor4
  • transgressors1
WhereRomans 2:25Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law…

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

παράparafrom/with/besideUses192
παραδίδωμιparadidomito deliverUses119
παρακαλέωparakaleoto plead/comfortUses108
παραβολήparaboleparableUses50
παραλαμβάνωparalambanoto takeUses49
παραγίνομαιparaginomaito comeUses36
παραγγέλλωparangelloto orderUses31
παράκλησιςparaklesisencouragementUses29
παράπτωμαparaptomatrespassUses19
παρατίθημιparatithemito set beforeUses19
παράδοσιςparadosistraditionUses13
παραιτέομαιparaiteomaito refuse/excuseUses12

and 52 more on the stem.

All 5, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

3 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • παραβάτην2
  • παραβάτης2
  • παραβάται1

The grammar of each form

  • noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular2N-ASM
  • noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2N-NSM
  • noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1N-NPM

Romans

two uses
  • Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

    Romans 2:25

    • παραβάτηςparabatesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a transgressor
  • The one who is physically uncircumcised yet keeps the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.

    Romans 2:27

    • παραβάτηνparabatennoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a transgressor

Galatians

one use
  • If I rebuild what I have already torn down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker.

    Galatians 2:18

    • παραβάτηνparabatennoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a transgressor

James

two uses
  • But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

    James 2:9

    • παραβάταιparabatainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: transgressors
  • For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.

    James 2:11

    • παραβάτηςparabatesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a transgressor

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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