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Greek verb · G3849

παραβιάζομαι

parabiazomaipar-ab-ee-ad'-zom-ahee

prop., to force against nature or law.; to compel by force (Polyb.).; to constrain by entreaty

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

Concordance spelling: parabiázomai

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3849is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

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

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G3849

to force contrary to (nature), i.e. compel (by entreaty)

The King James renders it: constrain.

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

parabiazomai is rendered "prop., to force against nature or law.; to compel by force (Polyb.).; to constrain by entreaty". It stands 2 times in the Greek text, across two books.

  • One of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "prop., to force against nature or law.".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 24:29But they pleaded with Him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So He went in to stay with them.
  • The Greek text spells it two different ways.

The first use

But they pleaded with Him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So He went in to stay with them.

Luke 24:29παρεβιάσαντο

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

Where the word stands

One of the word's two uses is in Luke.

The other 25 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The lexicons give this word three senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: prop., to force against nature or law., and to compel by force (Polyb.)., and to constrain by entreaty.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
prop., to force against nature or law.Tagged aslisted under the tableWhereLuke 24:29But they pleaded with Him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over…
to compel by force (Polyb.).Tagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below
to constrain by entreatyGe, 1Sam, ll. with): Luk.24:29, Act.16:15.† (ASTagged as
  • she persuaded1
  • they constrained1
WhereLuke 24:29But they pleaded with Him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over…

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 53 more on the stem.

All 2, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

2 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

  • παρεβιάσαντο1
  • παρεβιάσατο1

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist middle form, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-ADI-3P
  • verb · aorist middle form, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-ADI-3S

Luke

one use
  • But they pleaded with Him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So He went in to stay with them.

    Luke 24:29

    • παρεβιάσαντοparebiasantoverb · aorist middle form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they constrained

Acts

one use
  • And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.

    Acts 16:15

    • παρεβιάσατοparebiasatoverb · aorist middle form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: she persuaded

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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