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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - παράβασις
παράβασις
G3847
Transliteration: parábasis
Pronunciation: par-ab'-as-is
Definition: breaking
- Original: παράβασις - Transliteration: Parabasis - Phonetic: par-ab'-as-is
- Definition:
1. a going over
2. metaph. a disregarding, violating
a. of the Mosaic law
b. the breach of a definite, promulgated, ratified law
c. to create transgressions, i.e. that sins might take on the character of transgressions, and thereby the consciousness of sin be intensified and the desire for redemption be aroused
- Origin: from G3845" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3845 - TDNT entry: 17:19,8 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From G3845" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3845; violation: - breaking transgression.